Tissue-engineering approach to the repair and regeneration of tendons and ligaments

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages

  Goh, James Cho Hong ^a   Ouyang, Hong Wei ^a   Teoh, Swee Hin ^a   Chan, Casey K C ^a   Lee, Eng Hin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; COLLAGEN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRIN GLUE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIDE; POLYSTYRENE; SOMATOMEDIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 0041825758     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/10763270360696969     Document Type: Review

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