Microtia chondrocytes as a donor source for tissue-engineered cartilage

Laryngoscope

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2187-2190

  Kamil, Syed H ^a,b   Vacanti, Martin P ^c   Vacanti, Charles A ^d   Eavey, Roland D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chondrocytes; Microtia; Tissue engineering; Tissue engineered auricle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR CARTILAGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; MALE; MICROTIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHONDROCYTES; EAR CARTILAGES; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DONORS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 10044239629     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000149455.68135.de     Document Type: Article

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