Crosslinking characteristics of an epoxy-fixed porcine tendon: Effects of pH, temperature, and fixative concentration

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 511-518

  Sung, Hsing Wen ^a   Hsu, Chin Sheng ^a   Lee, Yuag Shein ^a   Lin, Der Shyu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSLINKING; EPOXY RESINS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; PH EFFECTS; PROSTHETICS; STIFFNESS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; FIXATIVE CONCENTRATION; PORCINE TENDONS; XENOGRAFT;

TENDONS;

EPOXIDE; TISSUE ADHESIVE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CROSS LINKING; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SWINE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; WATER CONTENT; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; FIXATIVES; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TENDONS;

EID: 0030222049     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(199608)31:4<511::AID-JBM11>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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