Effect of initial cell-seeding density on postoperative cell number and dispersion

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 11-12, 2005, Pages 1898-1904

  Shearn, Jason ^a   Hellmann, Lauren ^a   Boivin, Gregory ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPROSTHESIS; CELL COUNT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; RABBITS; TENDON INJURIES; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31044449866     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2005.11.1898     Document Type: Article

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