Electrospun polymeric nanofiber scaffolds for tissue regeneration

Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering: The Scaffold

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 199-219

  Nukavarapu, Syam Prasad ^a   Kumbar, Sangamesh G ^a   Merrell, Jonathan G ^b   Laurencin, Cato T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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