Development of a Novel Self-Crosslinkable poly(caprolactone fumarate) as a Biodegradable and Injectable Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2003, Pages 1219-1222

  Jabbari, E ^a   Gruetzmacher, J A ^a   Lu, L ^a   Currier, B L ^a   Yaszemski, M J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Scaffold; Self crosslinkable

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BONE; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; COPOLYMERS; CROSSLINKING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TOXICITY;

INJECTABLE SCAFFOLDS; MACROMERS; SELF-CROSSLINKABLE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 1542361550     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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