Tumour cords and their response to anticancer agents

Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology

Volumn , Issue 9780817647124, 2008, Pages

  Bertuzzi, Alessandro ^a   Fasano, Antonio ^b   Gandolfi, Alberto ^a   Sinisgalli, Carmela ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 84867840957     PISSN: 21643679     EISSN: 21643725     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-8176-4713-1_7     Document Type: Chapter

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