The utility of the microcrystalline cellulose sphere as a particulate embolic agent: An experimental study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1160-1163

  Kai, Yutaka ^a   Hamada, Jun Ichiro ^a   Morioka, Motohiro ^a   Todaka, Tatemi ^a   Hasegawa, Shu ^a   Ushio, Yukitaka ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DOG; HISTOLOGY; KIDNEY ANGIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; RENAL ARTERY;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DOGS; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPHERES; RENAL ARTERY;

EID: 0034041556     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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