Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 661-670 , July 2007

Analysis of the effect of partial vitrification on stress development in cryopreserved blood vessels

Received 21 March 2006 ,Revised 25 May 2006 ,Accepted 17 July 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2006.07.010

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 29, Issue 6 , Pages 661-670 , July 2007

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