Kinetics of chondrocyte growth in cell-polymer implants
β Scribed by L. E. Freed; J. C. Marquis; R. Langer; G. Vunjak-Novakovic
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 741 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-3592
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