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Ovine Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration Model Utilizing a Lateral Retroperitoneal Drill Bit Injury
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Nanoindentation of intervertebral disc tissues localised by SHG imaging
1Department of Mechanics, Biomechanics and Mechatronics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague, Technicka 4, Prague, 16607, Czech Republic. josef.sepitka@fs.cvut.cz
Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering
|September 27, 2012
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