Studies on new polymeric biomaterials with tunable hydrophilicity, and their possible utility in corneal repair surgery

Biomaterials

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1213-1219

  Bruining, Monique J ^a   Paul Pijpers, A ^b   Kingshott, Peter ^c   Koole, Leo H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DSM RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal repair surgery; Polymeric biomaterials; Tunable hydrophilicity

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; HYDROPHILICITY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); TISSUE;

ALLOGRAFT IMPLANTATIONS;

POLYURETHANES;

BIOMATERIAL; COPOLYMER; HEXAETHYLENEGLYCOMETHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID BUTYL ESTER; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYMER; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL GROWTH; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SURGERY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; HYDROPHILICITY; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STROMA CELL; TISSUE REPAIR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHACRYLATES; POLYMERS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION-IONIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; X-RAYS;

EID: 0037082710     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(01)00237-X     Document Type: Article

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