Osteoclasts and giant cells: macrophage–macrophage fusion mechanism
✍ Scribed by Agnès Vignery
- Book ID
- 108785709
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 276 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-9673
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