In Vivo Arthroscopic Cartilage Stiffness Measurement in the Knee
✍ Scribed by Imre Szerb; Zoltán Kárpáti; László Hangody
- Book ID
- 118417832
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 97 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0749-8063
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