Effect of well defined dodecahedral porosity on inflammation and angiogenesis

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 465-471

  Bezuidenhout, Deon ^a   Davies, Neil ^a   Zilla, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; EXTRACTION; POLYMERS; POROSITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCAFFOLDS; SOLUTIONS;

ANGIOGENESIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION; PROSTHETIC DEVICES;

PROSTHETICS;

GELATIN; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL GATING; EXTRACTION; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PROSTHESIS; RAT; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 0036740290     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200209000-00004     Document Type: Article

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