Tissue engineering of the tympanic membrane

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-132

  Teh, Bing Mei ^a,b,c   Marano, Robert J ^a,b   Shen, Yi ^a,b,d   Friedland, Peter L ^b,c   Dilley, Rodney J ^a,b   Atlas, Marcus D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b EAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Ningbo Lihuili Hospital (Ningbo Medical Centre)   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVE MOLECULES; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CURRENT TREATMENTS; ENGRAFTMENT; GRAFT MATERIALS; PARADIGM SHIFTS; RECENT RESEARCHES; TYMPANIC MEMBRANES; WOUND HEALING;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURGERY; TISSUE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GELFOAM; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; SOMATOMEDIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ISOLATION; DEGRADATION; EARDRUM; EARDRUM PERFORATION; EPITHELIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84874745726     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2012.0389     Document Type: Review

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