Nanostructures for ligament and tendon regeneration

Journal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 409-425

  Lee, Kristen L ^a   Ngai, Gwendolyn A ^a   Varghese, Shaina C ^a   Duan, Lin ^a   Cooper, James A ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite; Graft; Ligament; Nanostructure; Scaffold; Tendon

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COMPOSITE SCAFFOLD; DACRON; HYDROXYAPATITE; NANOMATERIAL; POLITEF; POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD; TISSUE SCAFFOLD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLOGRAFT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; BONE PATELLAR TENDON BONE GRAFT; ELECTROSPINNING; HUMAN; HYBRID; LIGAMENT; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; NANOANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REVIEW; TENDON; TENDON GRAFT;

EID: 84891623092     PISSN: 21579083     EISSN: 21579091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jbt.2013.1109     Document Type: Review

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