Rate of tendon gap closure in an in vitro collagen gel matrix

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-68

  Dombi, George W ^a,b   Yu, Pingyang ^a   Ledgerwood, Anna M ^a   Lucas, Charles E ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0344036681     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1997.50113.x     Document Type: Article

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