Microinjection moulded polyetheretherketone biomaterials as spinal implants: physico-chemical and mechanical characterisation
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عنوان ژورنال: Materials Research Express
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2053-1591
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aaf5eb