Chitosan-based biomaterials for tissue engineering

European Polymer Journal - Tập 49 Số 4 - Trang 780-792 - 2013
Florence Croisier1, Christine Jérôme1
1Center for Education and Research on Macromolecules (CERM), Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, Allée de la Chimie 3, B6A, 4000, Liège, Belgium.

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