Metallic scaffolds for bone regeneration

Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 790-832

  Alvarez, Kelly ^a   Nakajima, Hideo ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D metallic constructs; Biocompatible metals; Bone tissue engineering; Load bearing porous structures; Metallic bone scaffolds

Indexed keywords

3-D METALLIC CONSTRUCTS; BIOCOMPATIBLE METALS; BONE SCAFFOLDS; BONE TISSUE ENGINEERING; POROUS STRUCTURES;

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BONE; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; NATURAL POLYMERS; REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 77958005764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma2030790     Document Type: Article

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