Nanotechnology in medicine: Moving from the bench to the bedside

Chimia

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 520-526

  Hunziker, Patrick R ^a   Stolz, Martin ^a   Aebi, Ueli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthroscopy; Atomic force microscopy; Biochemical testing; Drug targeting; Medical implants; Medicine; Nanoscience

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BED; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; DRUG TARGETING; IMAGING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TECHNIQUE; IMPLANT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MACHINE; MEDICINE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHYSICS; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036411705     PISSN: 00094293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2533/000942902777680234     Document Type: Article

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