Tissue engineering in urology: Where are we going?

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 156-163

  Metwalli, Adam R ^a   Colvert, James R ^a   Kropp, Bradley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder Augmentation; Corporal Body; Penile Prosthesis; Small Intestinal Submucosa; Tissue Engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; UROLOGY;

EID: 0037714292     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-003-0044-9     Document Type: Article

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