Biomedical application of a superabsorbent hydrogel for body water elimination in the treatment of edemas

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1016-1024

  Sannino, A ^a,b   Esposito, A ^a,b   De Rosa, A ^a,b   Cozzolino, A ^c   Ambrosio, L ^c   Nicolais, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Hydrogel; Ionic strength; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; IONIC STRENGTH; SWELLING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY;

FIBROBLASTS;

HYDROGELS;

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVE; DIVINYL SULFONE; HYDROXYETHYLCELLULOSE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE; POLYELECTROLYTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICINE; BODY WATER; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; DIURESIS; EDEMA; HYDROGEL; HYPOTHESIS; IONIC STRENGTH; MACROMOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARAMETER; PH; SOLID STATE; WATER ABSORPTION;

EID: 0348015825     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.10149     Document Type: Article

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