Injectable tissue-engineered cartilage using a fibrin glue polymer

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1809-1818

  Silverman, Ronald P ^a   Passaretti, David ^a   Huang, Wynne ^a   Randolph, Mark A ^a   Yaremchuk, Michael J ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE; FIBRINOGEN; POLYMER; THROMBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARTILAGE; CARTILAGE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CONTENT; FIBRINOLYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; COLLAGEN; DNA; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; INJECTIONS; MICE; MICE, NUDE; POLYMERS; SWINE;

EID: 0033014580     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199906000-00001     Document Type: Article

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