Prophylactic administration of avotermin for improvement of skin scarring: three double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I/II studies

@article{Ferguson2009ProphylacticAO,
  title={Prophylactic administration of avotermin for improvement of skin scarring: three double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase I/II studies},
  author={Mark W. J. Ferguson and Jonathan A L Duncan and Jeremy S. Bond and James A Bush and Piyush Durani and Karen So and Lisa D. Taylor and Jonquille Chantrey and Tracey Mason and Gaynor James and Hugh G. Laverty and Nicholas L Occleston and Abdul Sattar and Anna Ludlow and Sharon O'Kane},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2009},
  volume={373},
  pages={1264-1274}
}
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