Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 124-129 , June 2009

Visualization of Bonghan Microcells by Electron and Atomic Force Microscopy

  • Ku Youn Baik

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Vyacheslav Ogay

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • ,
  • Sae Chae Jeoung

      Affiliations

    • Laser Metrology Laboratory, Korean Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon, Korea
    • ,
  • Kwang-Sup Soh

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Biomedical Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-747, Korea

Received 5 March 2009 ,Accepted 13 April 2009.

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 This work was supported in part by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (NRL, M1-0302-00-0007), and “Systems biology infrastructure establishment grant” provided by Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in 2008.

PII: S2005-2901(09)60044-3

doi: 10.1016/S2005-2901(09)60044-3

Journal of Acupuncture and Meridian Studies
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 124-129 , June 2009

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