Explicit solutions of a simplified model of capillary sprout growth during tumor angiogenesis

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-74

  Byrne, H M ^a   Chaplain, M A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Nonlinear waves; Tumor angiogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008305465     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0893-9659(95)00105-0     Document Type: Article

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