Polylactide macroporous biodegradable implants for cell transplantation. II. Preparation of polylactide foams by liquid-liquid phase separation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 449-461

  Schugens, Ch ^a   Maquet, V ^a   Grandfils, Ch ^a   Jerome, R ^a   Teyssie, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION; DRYING; FOAMS; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE SEPARATION; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FREEZE DRYING; POLYLACTIDE; POROGEN TECHNIQUE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; IMPLANT; THERMODYNAMICS;

CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIOXANES; FREEZE DRYING; GELS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NERVE REGENERATION; POLYESTERS; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0030130815     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199604)30:4<449::AID-JBM3>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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