Tissue engineered neocartilage using plasma derived polymer substrates and chondrocytes

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1580-1585

  Sims, C Derek ^b   Butler, Peter E M ^b   Cao, Y L ^b   Casanova, Rene ^b   Randolph, Mark A ^b   Black, Ann ^b   Vacanti, Charles A ^b   Yaremchuk, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CARTILAGE MATRIX; CHONDROGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CATTLE; CHONDROCYTES; FEMALE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; POLYMERS;

EID: 0031831930     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199805000-00022     Document Type: Article

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