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. 1996 Feb 1;97(3):591–595. doi: 10.1172/JCI118454

In vitro differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells. New approaches to old problems.

M J Weiss 1, S H Orkin 1
PMCID: PMC507093  PMID: 8609212

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