Collagen of human articular and costal cartilage
β Scribed by Edward J. Miller; Jan K. Van Der Korst; Leon Sokoloff
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 582 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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