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Interaction of microporous glassy carbon and living tissue

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Preliminary animal implantation tests with rats showed that microporous glassy carbon has good biocompatibility. Microporous glassy carbon is also stable and suitable for a hard biocompatible implant.

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  1. University Central Hospital of Tampere, Teiskontie 35, SF-33520, Tampere 52, Finland

    Kalevi Lauslahti, Hannu Pätiälä, Pentti Rokkanen & Tapio Tarvainen

  2. Institute of Materials Science, Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland

    Jorma Rautavuori & Pertti Törmälä

  3. Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Tampere, Teiskontie 35, SF-33520, Tampere 52, Finland

    Kalevi Lauslahti, Hannu Pätiälä, Pentti Rokkanen & Tapio Tarvainen

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Lauslahti, K., Pätiälä, H., Rokkanen, P. et al. Interaction of microporous glassy carbon and living tissue. Ann Biomed Eng 11, 495–498 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02584221

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