The effects of collagen-based implants on early healing of the adult rat spinal cord

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 309-317

  Spilker, Mark H ^a   Vannas, I V ^a   Hsu, H P ^b,c   Norregaard, T V ^d   Kostyk, S K ^e   Spector, M ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COPOLYMER; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPLANT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD TRANSSECTION; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0030766676     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.1997.3.309     Document Type: Article

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