The complexity of anatomical systems

Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Grizzi, Fabio ^a,b   Chiriva Internati, Maurizio ^c  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^b Michele Rodriguez Foundation   (Italy)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CELL STRUCTURE; CYTOLOGY; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 23744495116     PISSN: 17424682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4682-2-26     Document Type: Review

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