Cardiac stem cells: Tales, mysteries and promises in heart generation and regeneration

Regenerative Medicine: From Protocol to Patient

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 265-286

  Pesce, Maurizio ^a   Pompilio, Giulio ^b   Gambini, Elisa ^a   Capogrossi, Maurizio C ^c  

^a CENTRO CARDIOLOGICO MONZINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO DI PATOLOGIA VASCOLARE   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9075-1_12     Document Type: Chapter

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