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Swelling of cartilage and expansion of the collagen network

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  1. Experimental Pathology Department, Institute of Orthopaedics, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, HA7 4LP, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK

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Brown, R.A., Byers, P.D. Swelling of cartilage and expansion of the collagen network. Calcif Tissue Int 45, 260–261 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02556048

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