Travelling waves in a wound healing assay

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 575-580

  Maini, P K ^a   McElwain, D L S ^b   Leavesley, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fisher's equation; Human peritoneal mesothelial cells; Invasion waves

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

FISHER EQUATION; HUMAN PERITONEAL MESOTHELIAL CELLS; INVASION WAVES; WOUND HEALING;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 3242739305     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aml.2003.01.011     Document Type: Article

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