Factors influencing the adequacy of microencapsulation of rat pancreatic islets

Transplantation

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 888-893

  De Vos, Paul ^a   De Haan, Bart ^a   Wolters, Gerrit H J ^a   Van Schilfgaarde, Reinout ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FIBROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT PATENCY; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISCOSITY;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CAPSULES; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYLYSINE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0029831198     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199610150-00003     Document Type: Article

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