Principles of rodent surgery for the new surgeon

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 47, 2010, Pages

  Pritchett Corning, Kathleen R ^a   Mulder, Guy B ^a   Luo, Yiying ^a   White, William J ^a  

^a CHARLES RIVER LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 80355131900     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2586     Document Type: Article

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