Quantitative evaluation of mechanical properties in tissue-engineered auricular cartilage

Tissue Engineering - Part B: Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 17-27

  Nimeskern, Luc ^a   Van Osch, Gerjo J V M ^b   Müller, Ralph ^a   Stok, Kathryn S ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL COMPONENTS; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; IMPLANTATION TECHNIQUE; MECHANICAL EVALUATION; POLYMERIC SCAFFOLD; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; REAL TIME MONITORING; REINFORCED SCAFFOLDS;

CARTILAGE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PATIENT REHABILITATION; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALIN; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

BIOMECHANICS; EAR CARTILAGE; EAR RECONSTRUCTION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; EAR; EAR CARTILAGE; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, ANIMAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 84893604568     PISSN: 19373368     EISSN: 19373376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.teb.2013.0117     Document Type: Review

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