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Stem cell plasticity: Recapping the decade, mapping the future

  • Neil D. Theise

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    • Corresponding Author InformationOffprint requests to: Neil D. Theise, M.D., Division of Digestive Diseases, Beth Israel Medical Center, Baird Hall, 17-61, First Avenue at 16th Street, New York, NY 10003

Received 8 April 2010 ,Revised 8 April 2010 ,Accepted 13 April 2010. Published online 03 May 2010 Uncorrected Proof

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