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Strategies to overcome the hurdles to treat fibrosis, a major unmet clinical need

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (2016)

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Volume 113, Issue 27, Pages 7291-7293

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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1607896113

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