Formation of human myocardium in the rat heart from human embryonic stem cells.

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Published in Am J Pathol on September 01, 2005

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Michael A Laflamme1, Joseph Gold, Chunhui Xu, Mohammad Hassanipour, Elen Rosler, Shailaja Police, Veronica Muskheli, Charles E Murry

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1: Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98109, USA.

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