Tissue engineering of the lymphatic system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 979, Issue , 2002, Pages 27-34

  Niklason, Laura E ^a,c   Koh, Jennifer ^b   Solan, Amy ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphatic system mechanics; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHEDEMA; LYMPHOID TISSUE; NONHUMAN; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0036959968     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04864.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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