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Main Authors: Iman K Yazdi, Matthew B Murphy, Christopher Loo, Xuewu Liu, Mauro Ferrari, Bradley K Weiner, Ennio Tasciotti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-05-01
Series:Journal of Tissue Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2041731414536573