The living shunt: A tissue engineering approach in the treatment of hydrocephalus

Neurological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 105-110

  Lee, Il Woo ^a,b   Vacanti, Joseph P ^a,b   Taylor, George A ^a   Madsen, Joseph R ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Chondrocytes; Hydrocephalus; Tissue culture; Tissue engineering; Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CARTILAGE CELL; GRAFT PATENCY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HYDROCEPHALUS; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE; XENOGRAFT;

EID: 0033971450     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01616412.2000.11741044     Document Type: Article

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