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A Friction Testing-Bioreactor Device for Study of Synovial Joint Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, and Physical Regulation
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[Change in phospholipid composition of synovial fluid in children with various types of arthritis]

M M Rakhimov, L Iu Pen'kova, I T Iakubov

    Voprosy Meditsinskoi Khimii
    |March 1, 1995
    PubMed

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