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[Histologic study and type II collagen expression in the rib cartilage of patients at different age]

Qing-Hua Yang1, Hong-Xing Zhuang, Ya-Fang Jiang

  • 1Plastic Surgery Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100144, China.

Zhonghua Zheng Xing Wai Ke Za Zhi = Zhonghua Zhengxing Waike Zazhi = Chinese Journal of Plastic Surgery
|February 27, 2009
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