Nanostructured composites for bone repair

Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 426-439

  Nelson, Clarke ^a   Magge, Anil ^a   Bernard, Tiffany St ^a   Khan, Yusuf ^a,b   Laurencin, Cato T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Composites; Nanostructure; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; APATITE; BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM SULFATE; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; HYDROXYAPATITE; MICROSPHERE; MINERALIZED COLLAGEN; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; OSTEOCALCIN; OSTEONECTIN; OSTEOPONTIN; POLYESTER; POLYETHER; POLYMER; POLYPHOSPHAZENE; SILICATE; SILK; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BIOENGINEERING; BONE GRAFT; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRUCTURE; COMPOSITE GRAFT; CORTICAL BONE; CRYSTALLINITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ELECTROSPINNING; HUMAN; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHASE SEPARATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SCAFFOLD FABRICATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRABECULAR BONE;

EID: 84891614440     PISSN: 21579083     EISSN: 21579091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbt.2013.1098     Document Type: Review

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