Microlymphatic Biology

Microcirculation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 125-158

  Zawieja, David C ^a   von der Weid, Pierre Yves ^b   Gashev, Anatoliy A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374530-9.00005-X     Document Type: Chapter

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