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. 1969 Jan;28(1):1–14. doi: 10.1136/ard.28.1.1

Behaviour of synovial fluid on surfaces of articular cartilage. A scanning electron microscope study.

P S Walker, J Sikorski, D Dowson, M D Longfield, V Wright, T Buckley
PMCID: PMC1010488  PMID: 5786278

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