Evaluation of ultra-thin poly(ε-caprolactone) films for tissue-engineered skin

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 441-455

  Kee Woei Ng, ^a   Hutmacher, D W ^a,b   Schantz, J T ^a   Chin Seng Ng, ^a   Too, H P ^a   Thiam Chye Lim, ^b   Toan Thang Phan, ^c   Swee Hin Teoh, ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FILM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

BIOPROSTHESIS; HUMANS; POLYESTERS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0034896980     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10763270152436490     Document Type: Article

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