Development of the chitosan tube prepared from crab tendon for nerve regeneration

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 261-268

  Itoh, Soichiro ^a   Yamaguchi, Isamu ^b,c   Shinomiya, Kenichi ^a   Tanaka, Junzo ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c Taki Chemical Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alignment; Apatite; Chitosan; Crab tendon; Hydroxy apatite coating; Nerve regeneration; Nerve scaffold; Tendon chitosan tube

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COATINGS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

NERVE REGENERATION;

PROTEINS;

EID: 0042830746     PISSN: 14686996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1468-6996(03)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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