Effects of chitosan/β-TCP microspheres on rabbit cranial and condyle defects healing: A preliminary study

Biomedical Engineering - Applications, Basis and Communications

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 239-248

  Kuo, Shyh Ming ^a   Lin, Li Chun ^b,c   Tsai, Pei Hua ^a   Niu, Gregory Cheng Chie ^a   Chang, Shwu Jen ^a  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Microspheres; Osteogenesis

Indexed keywords

CHITOSAN; DEFECTS; EMULSIFICATION; MICROSPHERES; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; TISSUE;

BONE FORMATION; CONTROL GROUPS; CRANIAL DEFECTS; FIBROUS TISSUE; FINE PARTICLES; INITIAL WEIGHTS; OSTEOGENESIS; PILOT STUDIES;

BONE;

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CHITOSAN; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CONDYLE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; EMULSION; FIBROUS TISSUE; HINDLIMB; IMPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; RABBIT; SKULL DEFECT; TISSUE; WOUND HEALING;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 56549115874     PISSN: 10162372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4015/s1016237208000830     Document Type: Article

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