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Original Article

Conception of a Bioelectromagnetic Signal System via the Collagen Fibril Network; Biochemical Conclusions and Underlying Coherent Mechanism. II. Energetic Aspects, Acid and Neutral Proteases, and the Phenomenon of Coherence

Pages 163-175 | Published online: 05 Aug 2009

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