Directing tissue regeneration via hyaluronic acid hydrogel scaffolds

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2002, Pages 753-754

  Leach, J Baier ^a   Patrick Jr , C W ^a,b   Schmidt, C E ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Biomaterial; Hyaluronic acid; Photopolymerization; Polymer; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CROSSLINKING; HYDROGELS; HYDROPHILICITY; NEUROLOGY; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; TISSUE;

ANGIOGENESIS; BIOMIMETIC TISSUE ENGINEERING; HYALURONIC ACID HYDROGEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036907941     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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