Transport properties of cartilaginous tissues

Current Rheumatology Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-50

  Jackson, Alicia R ^a   Gu, Wei Yong ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOREACTOR; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CARTILAGINOUS TISSUE; CELL TRANSPORT; CHONDROGENESIS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUID TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT SUPPLY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 65949100620     PISSN: 15733971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157339709787315320     Document Type: Review

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