Quantitative Evaluation of the Factors Affecting the Process of Fibroblast-Mediated Collagen Gel Contraction by Separating the Process into Three Phases
Authors:
- Naoki TominagaNTNaoki Tominaga
- Keisuke NakajimaKNKeisuke Nakajima
- Toshihiko HayashiTHToshihiko Hayashi
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in Collagen and Related Research
- Vol. 8 (3) , 259-273
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