Synthetic nano-fibrillar extracellular matrices with predesigned macroporous architectures
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Biomedical Materials Research
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0021-9304,1097-4636
DOI: 10.1002/1097-4636(200011)52:2<430::aid-jbm25>3.0.co;2-l