Cartilage development, physiology, pathologies, and regeneration

Strategies in Regenerative Medicine: Integrating Biology with Materials Design

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 367-393

  Wang, Xibin ^a   Rackwitz, Lars ^a,b   Nöth, Ulrich ^b   Tuan, Rocky S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 79952175289     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-74660-9_12     Document Type: Chapter

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