Endothelial progenitor cells: characterization and role in vascular biology.

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Published in Circ Res on August 20, 2004

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Carmen Urbich1, Stefanie Dimmeler

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1: Molecular Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine IV, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.

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