Quantitative radiographic diagnosis of osteo-arthritis of the knee-joint in the C57BL mouse
✍ Scribed by A. Pataki; R. Reife; E. Witzemann; H. P. Graf; A. Schweizer
- Publisher
- SP Birkhäuser Verlag Basel
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 577 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1420-908X
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