Hydrogel nerve conduits produced from alginate/chitosan complexes

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 932-937

  Pfister, Lukas A ^a   Papaloïzos, Michaël ^b   Merkle, Hans P ^a   Gander, Bruno ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Center for Hand Surgery and Therapy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alginate; Chitosan; Hydrogel; Nerve guide; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHITIN; COMPLEXATION; HYDROGELS; NUTRITION; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ALGINATE; CHITOSAN; NERVE CONDUITS (NC); NERVE REGENERATION;

NEUROLOGY;

ALGINIC ACID; BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMECHANICS; CROSS LINKING; FLOW KINETICS; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEL; MATERIALS TESTING; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ALGINATES; CHITOSAN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HYDROGELS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 33847183484     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.31052     Document Type: Article

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