Current strategies in meniscal regeneration

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 619-634

  Hasan, Jahid ^a   Fisher, John ^a   Ingham, Eileen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

meniscus; regenerative medicine; scaffolds; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR REGION; KNEE JOINT; MENISCAL INJURIES; MENISCUS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL REPAIR;

JOINTS (ANATOMY); REPAIR; SCAFFOLDS; SURGERY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

COLLAGEN;

HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; KNEE MENISCUS; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MENISCAL REPAIR; MENISCAL TRANSPLANTATION; MENISCECTOMY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MENISCUS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BIOPROSTHESIS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84903363134     PISSN: 15524973     EISSN: 15524981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33030     Document Type: Review

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