Preliminary Development of a Novel Resorbable Synthetic Polymer Fiber Scaffold for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 43-52

  Bourke, Sharon L ^a   Kohn, Joachim ^b   Dunn, Michael G ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; POLY(DESAMINOTYROSYLTYROSINE ETHYL ESTER CARBONATE); POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FIBER; FIBROBLAST; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; STRENGTH; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; KNEE INJURIES; LACTIC ACID; NYLONS; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 1042277972     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107632704322791682     Document Type: Article

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