Biocompatibility of fixation materials in the brain

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-22

  Mofid, M Mark ^a   Thompson, Reid C ^a   Pardo, Carlos A ^a   Manson, Paul N ^a   Vander Kolk, Craig A ^a  

^a Dept Plast Reconstr M ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; SILASTIC; STAINLESS STEEL; TITANIUM; VITALLIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFLAMMATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE SCREWS; BRAIN; ENCEPHALITIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROGLIA; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; STAINLESS STEEL; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; VITALLIUM;

EID: 0030988375     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199707000-00003     Document Type: Article

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