Combining Chondrocytes and Smooth Muscle Cells to Engineer Hybrid Soft Tissue Constructs
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Combining chondrocytes and smooth muscle cells to engineer hybrid soft tissue constructs.
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عنوان ژورنال: Tissue Engineering
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1076-3279,1557-8690
DOI: 10.1089/107632700418029