[Elbow dysplasia in the dog: finite element analysis]

Anne Polikeit1, Stephen J Ferguson, Peter Schawalder

  • 1Zürcher Hochschule Winterthur, Departement Technik, Informatik und Naturwissenschaften, Institut für mechanische Systeme, Winterthur, Switzerland.

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