Oxidative mechanisms of poly(carbonate urethane) and poly(ether urethane) biodegradation: In vivo and in vitro correlations

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-255

  Christenson, Elizabeth M ^a   Anderson, James M ^a,b   Hiltner, Anne ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Foreign body response; In vitro; In vivo; Poly(carbonate urethane); Poly(ether urethane)

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANTS; BIODEGRADATION; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOSTABILITY; POLYURETHANE FILMS;

POLYURETHANES;

COBALT CHLORIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLY(CARBONATE URETHANE); POLYETHERURETHAN; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CELL ADHESION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION KINETICS; FILM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION KINETICS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIMULATION;

EID: 3342986332     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30067     Document Type: Article

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