Stabilized polyglycolic acid fibre-based tubes for tissue engineering

Biomaterials

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 115-124

  Mooney, D J ^a,b,c   Mazzoni, C L ^a   Breuer, C ^b   McNamara, K ^a   Hern, D ^a   Vacanti, J P ^b   Langer, R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Polyglycolic acid; Polylactic acid; Smooth muscle cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TISSUE GROWTH;

EID: 0030044608     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0142-9612(96)85756-5     Document Type: Article

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