Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 211-217 , March 2006

Cell seeded tissue engineered cardiac valves based on allograft and xenograft scaffolds

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doi: 10.1016/j.ppedcard.2005.11.008

Progress in Pediatric Cardiology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 211-217 , March 2006