In vivo evaluation of a novel alginate dressing

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 522-527

  Suzuki, Yoshihisa ^a   Tanihara, Masao ^b   Nishimura, Yoshihiko ^a   Suzuki, Kyoko ^a   Yamawaki, Yoshio ^a   Kudo, Hitoshi ^c   Kakimaru, Yoshimi ^d   Shimizu, Yasuhiko ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Otowa Hospital   (Japan)

^d KURARAY CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alginate; Bioabsorbability; Wound dressing

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; MUSCLE; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGINATE; BIOABSORBABILITY; WOUND DRESSING;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ALIGNATE DRESSING; BIOMATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPITHELIZATION; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SWINE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BANDAGES; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CELL DIVISION; FIBROBLASTS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; RABBITS; SKIN; SWINE; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032773054     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(1999)48:4<522::AID-JBM18>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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