Tendon tissue engineering with Mesenchymal stem cells and biografts: An option for large tendon defects?

Frontiers in Bioscience - Scholar

Volumn 1 S, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-32

  Chen, Xiao ^a   Zou, Xiao Hui ^a   Yin, Guo Li ^a   Ouyang, Hong Wei ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Allogeneic graft; Mesenchymal stem cells; Review; Tendon defect; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; REVIEW; TENDON; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; TENDONS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 70349850876     PISSN: 19450516     EISSN: 19450524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e3     Document Type: Article

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