Acellularization of Human Placenta with Preservation of the Basement Membrane: A Potential Matrix for Tissue Engineering

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 598-602

  Hopper, Richard A ^a   Woodhouse, K ^b   Semple, John L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Chem Eng and Appl Chem ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MIGRATION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE PERFUSION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PILOT PROJECTS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0344629915     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000095658.46675.76     Document Type: Article

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