Actin fiber orientation in connective tissue contraction: A quantitative study with the perforated rat mesentery model

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 454-460

  Franzén, Lennart E ^a,b,c   Reza Ghassemifar, M ^a   Salerud, Göran ^a   Tarpila, Erkki ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RYHOV COUNTY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

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EID: 18044388601     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.1996.40409.x     Document Type: Article

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