Ectopic deposition of melanin pigments as detoxifying mechanism: a paradigm for basal nuclei pigmentation
- 8 January 2004
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
- Vol. 314 (2) , 631-637
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2003.12.127
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Funding Information
- Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Compagnia di San Paolo
- Ministerio de Sanidad, Consumo y Bienestar Social
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