Thermal instability of red blood cell membrane bilayers: Temperature dependence of hemolysis
โ Scribed by N. L. Gershfeld; M. Murayama
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 583 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-2631
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