Biocompatible hybrid nanogels.
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SUBMITTER: Pich A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2766817 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec
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Biocompatible hybrid nanogels.
Pich Andrij A Zhang Fenbao F Shen Lei L Berger Sebastian S Ornatsky Olga O Baranov Vladimir V Winnik Mitchell A MA
Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) 20081201 12
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