Minimally invasive technique of auricular cartilage harvest for tissue engineering

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-74

  Megerian, Cliff A ^a   Weitzner, Barry D ^b   Dore, Benjamin ^a   Bonassar, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Reprogenesis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CARTILAGE GRAFT; CELL GROWTH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL VIABILITY; EAR CARTILAGE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROCYTES; EAR CARTILAGES; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; SWINE; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 0033998468     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107632700320900     Document Type: Article

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