Practical considerations in the use of polarized light microscopy in the analysis of the collagen network in articular cartilage

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Microscopy research and technique (Print)

• Publication date

  2008-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Materials Science, Engineering

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  DOI 10.1002/jemt.20551PMID 18072283
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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