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Stem Cells International
Volume 2015 (2015), Article ID 972313, 11 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/972313
Review Article

Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells: Current Status, Concerns, and Future Prospects

Wenjun Zhu1,2 and Min Liang1,2

1Department of Periodontology, Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University, 56 Ling Yuan Road West, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510055, China
2Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Stomatology, China

Received 15 December 2014; Revised 3 March 2015; Accepted 3 March 2015

Academic Editor: Hung-Fat Tse

Copyright © 2015 Wenjun Zhu and Min Liang. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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