Increased Intercellular Communication in Activated Cardiac Fibroblasts
โ Scribed by Vasquez, Carolina; Mohandas, Poornima; Louie, Karen L.; Bapat, Ashwini C.; Morley, Gregory E.
- Book ID
- 119206694
- Publisher
- Biophysical Society
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 43 KB
- Volume
- 98
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3495
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