Local tolerance to spider silks and protein polymers in vivo

In Vivo

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Vollrath, F ^a   Barth, P ^a   Basedow, A ^a   Engstrom W ^a   List, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomaterial; Compatibility; Histology; Medical use; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; GRANULOMA; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; SILK; SKIN INJURY; SPIDER; SWINE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036342066     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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