Blood Flow in Microvascular Networks

Microcirculation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 3-36

  Pries, Axel R ^a,b   Secomb, Timothy W ^c  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b DEUTSCHES HERZZENTRUM BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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