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Pulsatile Flow Through Tapered Distensible Vessels, Reflexions, and the Hosie Phenomenon

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EVANS, R. Pulsatile Flow Through Tapered Distensible Vessels, Reflexions, and the Hosie Phenomenon. Nature 186, 290–291 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/186290a0

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