Tissue reaction to matrices of reconstituted keratin polymer implanted subcutaneously in sheep

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part A

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-265

  Peplow, Philip V ^a,c   Dias, George J ^a   Teixeira, Fernanda ^a   Kelly, Robert J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Keratec Limited   (New Zealand)

^c HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Matrices; Polymeric implants; Reconstituted keratin; Subcutaneous tissue; Tissue reaction

Indexed keywords

MATRICES; POLYMERIC IMPLANTS; RECONSTITUTED KERATIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TISSUE REACTION;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BLOOD VESSELS; CELL CULTURE; POLYMERS; TISSUE; WOOL;

MATERIALS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; FEMALE; GRANULATION TISSUE; IMPLANTS, EXPERIMENTAL; INFLAMMATION; KERATINS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SHEEP; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 62249118477     PISSN: 15493296     EISSN: 15524965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.32038     Document Type: Article

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