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Editorial: Tendons and ligaments: development, pathogenesis, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine
Dai Fei Elmer Ker1, Cheemeng Tan2, Sarah Cartmell3
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
|October 3, 2024
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