Ocular tissue engineering

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 585, Issue , 2006, Pages 413-429

  Sommer, Florian ^a   Brandl, Ferdinand ^a   Göpferich, Achim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 84934434856     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-34133-0_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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