Migration stability of α-tocopherol in irradiated UHMWPE

Biomaterials

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2434-2439

  Oral, Ebru ^a,b   Wannomae, Keith K ^a   Rowell, Shannon L ^a   Muratoglu, Orhun Kamil ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Degradation; Highly cross linked polyethylene; Joint replacement; Oxidation; Vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLS; ANTIOXIDANTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXIDATION; STABILITY;

HIGHLY CROSSLINKED POLYETHYLENE; JOINT REPLACEMENT; VITAMIN E;

POLYETHYLENES;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ULTRA HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; DRUG ELUTING STENT; JOINT PROSTHESIS; OXIDATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CATTLE; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; POLYETHYLENES; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

BOVINAE;

EID: 29244468545     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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