Chitosan based systems for tissue engineering Part 1: Hard tissues

Fabad Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-49

  Arca, H Çiǧdem ^a   Şenel, Sevda ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone; Cartilage; Chitosan; Periodontal; Scaffold; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959416243     PISSN: 13004182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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