Scaffolds for articular cartilage repair

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-34

  Frenkel, Sally R ^a   Di Cesare, Paul E ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal and human studies; Implantable matrix; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL AND HUMAN STUDIES; CHONDROCYTES; IMPLANATABLE MATRIX; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); POLYPEPTIDES; PROTEINS;

CARTILAGE;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CHONDROPATHY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; REGENERATION; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; CARTILAGE DISEASES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 2942557110     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ABME.0000007788.41804.0d     Document Type: Article

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