Characterisation of vascularisation of scaffolds for tissue engineering

Materials Science and Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 180-187

  Arkudas, A ^a,b   Beier, J P ^a,b   Boccaccini, A R ^b   Horch, R E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

AV loop; Cancer research; Regenerative medicine; Reviews; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

REVIEWS; SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY); TISSUE;

AV LOOP; CANCER RESEARCH; MICRO-FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SCAFFOLDS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING; STATE OF THE ART; TISSUE REPLACEMENT; VASCULARISATION;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84919485321     PISSN: 02670836     EISSN: 17432847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743284714Y.0000000611     Document Type: Article

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