Engineered allogeneic chondrocyte pellet for reconstruction of fibrocartilage zone at bone-tendon junction - A preliminary histological observation

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 362-367

  Wong, Margaret W N ^a   Qin, Lin ^a   Tai, Jenny K O ^a   Lee, Simon K M ^a   Leung, K S ^a   Chan, K M ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bone tendon junction repair; Chondrocyte pallet; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; PELLETIZING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURGERY;

BONE-TENDON JUNCTION (BTJ); CULTURED CHONDROCYTE PELLET (CCP); FIBROCARTILAGE; IMMUNE REJECTION; STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL REGENERATION; HEALING; HISTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PATELLA; RABBIT; TENDON;

EID: 3442899605     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.30049     Document Type: Article

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