Tissue engineering of blood vessel: Tissue Engineering Review Series

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 945-957

  Zhang, Wen Jie ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Cui, Lei ^a   Cao, Yilin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biodegradable scaffold; Endothelial cells; Smooth muscle cells; Tissue engineering; Vessel substitutes; Vessel reactor

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BLOOD VESSEL; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35748931452     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00099.x     Document Type: Article

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