Histological techniques for porous, absorbable, polymeric scaffolds used in tissue engineering

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-65

  Webster, Shannon S ^a   Jenkins, Linda ^a   Burg, Karen J L ^a,b  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frozen sectioning; Glycol methacrylate; Poly L lactide; Tape transfer method; Tissue scaffold

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; PARAFFIN; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; COST; EMBEDDING; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POROSITY; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; TIME; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0037353211     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2003.26.1.57     Document Type: Article

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