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. 1964 Sep;43(9):1813–1823. doi: 10.1172/JCI105055

A Biochemical Study of Human Skin Collagen and the Relation between Intra- and Intermolecular Cross-Linking *

Paul Bornstein 1,†, Karl A Piez 1
PMCID: PMC441982  PMID: 14207773

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