Elastomeric PGS scaffolds in arterial tissue engineering

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 50, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Kee Won ^a   Wang, Yadong ^b  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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EID: 80355149089     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2691     Document Type: Article

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