Heterogenecity of fibroblasts

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-250

  Ravikanth, Manyam ^a   Soujanya, P ^a   Manjunath, K ^a   Saraswathi, T R ^a   Ramachandran, C R ^a  

^a Vishnu Dental College and Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; fibrocytes; giant cell fibroblasts; myofibroblasts

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053465580     PISSN: 0973029X     EISSN: 1998393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.84516     Document Type: Article

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