Simulation of the disc degeneration with a poroelastic finite element model
β Scribed by Daegon Woo; Young Eun Kim; Sootaek Kim; Hansung Kim
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 906 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1738-494X
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