Enhanced expression of caspase-3 in hypertrophic scars and keloid: induction of caspase-3 and apoptosis in keloid fibroblasts in vitro.

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Published in Lab Invest on March 01, 2000

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Y Akasaka1, Y Ishikawa, I Ono, K Fujita, T Masuda, N Asuwa, K Inuzuka, H Kiguchi, T Ishii

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1: Second Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan. akasakay@med.toho-u.ac.jp

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