Self-assembling peptide hydrogel for intervertebral disc tissue engineering
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Mechanobiological Models for Intervertebral Disc Tissue Engineering
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Biomaterialia
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1742-7061
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.09.033