Bioengineering of foetal membrane repair

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 138, Issue 41-42, 2008, Pages 596-601

  Zisch, Andreas H ^a,b,c   Zimmermann, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Foetoscopy, injectable hydrogel; Iatrogenic PPROM; Scaffolds; Spontaneous PPROM; Tissue sealants

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; SEALANT;

AMNION FLUID; BIOENGINEERING; FETOSCOPY; FETUS MEMBRANE; FETUS SURGERY; HUMAN; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; REVIEW; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 54349088327     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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