Fetuin-A: A Major Fetal Serum Protein that Promotes “Wound Closure” and Scarless Healing

October 2007 in “ Journal of Investigative Dermatology ”

Xueqing Wang, Mark Hayes, Margit Kempf, John F. Fraser, Pei-Yun Liu, Leila Cuttle, L. Friend, Joseph A. Rothnagel, Nicholas A. Saunders, Roy Kimble

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