Book chapter
Polymer/Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Scaffolding In Tissue Engineering
2006
Abstract
I. Introduction ... 253
II. Bone Grafts and Bone Graft Substitutes ... 253
III. Tissue Engineering ... 254
IV. Polymer/Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds ... 256
A. Why Calcium Phosphate ... 256
B. Hydroxyapatite ... 256
C. Other Calcium Phosphates ... 258
D. Formation of Calcium Phosphate Precipitates ... 259
V. Polymer/Ceramic Composites in the Marketplace ... 261
VI. Conclusions ... 261
References ... 261
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Details
- Title
- Polymer/Calcium Phosphate Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
- Creators
- Cato Tiberius Laurencin
- Contributors
- Peter X. Ma (Editor)Jennifer Elisseeff (Editor)
- Publication Details
- Scaffolding In Tissue Engineering
- Publisher
- CRC Press
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Other Identifier
- 991019339570004721