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A Novel Stretching Platform for Applications in Cell and Tissue Mechanobiology
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[Striae distensae, colors and mechanobiology]

C Piérard-Franchimont, S Peters, J F Hermanns

    Revue Medicale De Liege
    |May 17, 2014
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