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Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1539-1557

Drugs of the future: The hormone relaxin

Author keywords

Cardioprotection; Fibrosis; Inflammation; Relaxin; RXFP1; Therapeutic; Vasodilation; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; RECOMBINANT RELAXIN; RELAXIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 34250739893     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-007-6543-y     Document Type: Review
Times cited : (84)

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