Transdermal photopolymerization of poly(ethylene oxide)-based injectable hydrogels for tissue-engineered cartilage

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1014-1022

  Elisseeff, Jennifer ^b   Anseth, Kristi ^b   Sims, Derek ^b   McIntosh, Winnette ^b   Randolph, Mark ^b   Yaremchuk, Michael ^b   Langer, Robert ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; METHACRYLIC ACID; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CARTILAGE; CELL REGENERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HYDROGEL; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032832095     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199909020-00018     Document Type: Article

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