Glycolmethacrylate is superior to methylmethacrylate for histologic evaluation of biodegradable polymer scaffolds used for vascular tissue engineering

Journal of Histotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 245-250

  Roh, Jason D ^a   Kacena, Melissa A ^a   Lopz Soler, Reynold I ^a   Coady, Christiane E ^a   Troiano, Nancy W ^a   Breuer, Christopher K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable scaffolds; Blood vessels; GMA; Histology; MMA; Tissue engineering; Tissue regeneration

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PARAFFIN; PLASTIC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBEDDING; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; VASCULAR TISSUE;

EID: 34548662616     PISSN: 01478885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/his.2006.29.4.245     Document Type: Article

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