Something new in the field of PLA/GA bioresorbable polymers?

Journal of Controlled Release

Volumn 53, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 85-92

  Vert, M ^a   Schwach, G ^a   Engel, R ^a   Coudane, J ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bioresorbable polymers; Degradation mechanism; Hydrolysis; Initiator; Polylactides

Indexed keywords

OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; ZINC;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ESTERIFICATION; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; LACTIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYMERS;

EID: 0032580450     PISSN: 01683659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-3659(97)00240-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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