Controlled release of leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) to tissues

Growth Factors

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-68

  Austin, L ^a   Bower, J J ^a   Kurek, J B ^a   Muldoon, C M ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alginate gels; Controlled release; Leukaemia inhibitory factor; Muscle repair; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG HALF LIFE; MOUSE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUSTAINED RELEASE PREPARATION;

EID: 0030694846     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08977199709002112     Document Type: Article

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