Bioabsorption qualities of chitosan-absorbable vascular templates

Current Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 77-80

  Haque, Mohamad I ^a   Beekley, Alec C ^a   Gutowska, Anna ^b   Reardon, Ruth Ann ^a   Groo, Paul ^a   Murray, Sean P ^a   Andersen, Charles ^a   Azarow, Kenneth ^a  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Pacifica Northwest National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Endovascular surgery; Vascular stents

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038812079     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(00)00422-0     Document Type: Article

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