Studies on small (<350 μm) alginate-poly-L-lysine microcapsules. III. Biocompatibility of smaller versus standard microcapsules

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 116-120

  Robitaille, Robert ^a   Pariseau, Jean François ^a   Leblond, François A ^a   Lamoureux, Michel ^b   Lepage, Yves ^b   Hallé, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Fibrosis; Microcapsule size; Microencapsulation; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTROSTATICS; POLYESTERS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

MICROCAPSULES; POLYLYSINE;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALGINIC ACID; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FIBROSIS; GRAFT FAILURE; IMPLANTATION; INSULIN METABOLISM; LANGERHANS CELL; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; RAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CAPSULES; ELECTROSTATICS; EPIDIDYMIS; FIBROSIS; MALE; POLYLYSINE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS;

EID: 0031726170     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4636(199901)44:1<116::aid-jbm13>3.0.co;2-9     Document Type: Article

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