Nonporous polyurethane membranes as islet immunoisolation matrices - Biocompatibility studies

Journal of Biomaterials Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-340

  George, Sheela ^a   Nair, Prabha D ^a   Risbud, Makarand V ^b   Bhonde, Ramesh R ^b  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

And biocompatibility; Immunoisolation; Polyurethane

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; POLYMERIC MEMBRANES; POLYURETHANES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY;

SURFACE FREE ENERGY;

BIOMATERIALS;

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; PANCREAS ISLET;

3T3 CELLS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 0036525578     PISSN: 08853282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1106/088532802024249     Document Type: Article

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