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Nature Medicine  2, 1308 - 1310 (1996)
doi:10.1038/nm1296-1308

Hedgehogs in the clinic

Andrew P. McMahon1 & Pao-Tien Chuang1

1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology The Biolabs 16 Divinity Avenue Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Components of the hedgehog signaling pathways play key roles during embryonic development and in several human diseases.

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