Histological response to a fully degradable collagen device implanted in a gap in the rat sciatic nerve

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 353-362

  Chamberlain, L J ^a   Yannas, I V ^a   Hsu, H P ^b,c   Spector, M ^b,c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN IMPLANT; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; SILICONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOLOGY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0031472176     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.1997.3.353     Document Type: Article

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