Apoptosis mediates the decrease in cellularity during the transition between granulation tissue and scar.

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Published in Am J Pathol on January 01, 1995

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A Desmoulière1, M Redard, I Darby, G Gabbiani

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1: Department of Pathology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

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