Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway
@article{Macchiarini2008ClinicalTO, title={Clinical transplantation of a tissue-engineered airway}, author={Paolo Macchiarini and Philipp Jungebluth and Tetsuhiko Go and M Adelaide Asnaghi and Louisa E N Rees and Tristan A. Cogan and Amanda Dodson and Jaume Martorell. and Silvia Bellini and Pier Paolo Parnigotto and Sally C. Dickinson and Anthony P. Hollander and Sara Mantero and Maria Teresa Conconi and Martin A. Birchall}, journal={The Lancet}, year={2008}, volume={372}, pages={2023-2030} }
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