The passive biomechanics of human pelvic collecting lymphatic vessels.

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Published in PLoS One on August 21, 2017

Authors

Dimitrios Athanasiou¹, Lowell T Edgar¹, Mohammad Jafarnejad¹, Katherine Nixon², Delfim Duarte³, Edwin D Hawkins⁴, Samira Jamalian¹, Paula Cunnea², Cristina Lo Celso³, Shunichi Kobayashi⁵, Christina Fotopoulou², James E Moore¹

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College, London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom.
2: Department of Surgery and Cancer, Ovarian Cancer Action Research Centre, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
3: Department of Life Sciences and the Francis Crick Institute, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London, United Kingdom.
4: Immunology Division at the Walter and Eliza Hall, Institute of Medical Research, Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
5: Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Shinshu University, Ueda, Nagano, Japan.

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