Characterizing Thermal Augmentation of Convection-Enhanced Drug Delivery with the Fiberoptic Microneedle Device
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عنوان ژورنال: Engineering
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2095-8099
DOI: 10.15302/j-eng-2015077