Effects of chitosan on rat knee cartilages

Biomaterials

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 1999, Pages 1937-1944

  Xi Lu, Jian ^a   Prudhommeaux, Florence ^a   Meunier, Alain ^a   Sedel, Laurent ^a   Guillemin, Geneviève ^a  

^a Paris university   (France)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Chitosan; Chondrocytes; Epiphyseal cartilage; Rat knee joint

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; CELLS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

CHITOSAN; HISTOLOGY; HISTOMORPHOMETRY;

BIOMATERIALS;

CHITOSAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; MONOCYTE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032876511     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(99)00097-6     Document Type: Article

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