Biomaterials and scaffolds for ligament tissue engineering

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 639-652

  Ge, Zigang ^a   Yang, Fang ^a   Goh, James C H ^a   Ramakrishna, Seeram ^a   Lee, Eng Hin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomaterials availability; Ligament; Polymer; Scaffolds; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; POLYMERS; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE; BIOMATERIALS AVAILABILITY;

LIGAMENTS;

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN FIBER; DACRON; POLITEF; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYCARBONATE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTOR; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANORECEPTOR; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SILK; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; VASCULARIZATION;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; LIGAMENTS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33750699216     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.30578     Document Type: Review

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