Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1275-1283 , April 2005

Crosslinked hyaluronan hydrogels containing mitomycin C reduce postoperative abdominal adhesions

  • Yanchun Liu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Hao Li, M.Sc.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Xiao Zheng Shu, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Steven D. Gray, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, The University of Utah, School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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  • Glenn D. Prestwich, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Glenn D. Prestwich, Ph.D., Department of Medicinal Chemistry, The University of Utah, 419 Wakara Way, Suite 205, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1257 (FAX: 801-585-9053)

Received 18 November 2003 ,Revised 16 September 2004 ,Accepted 16 September 2004.

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 Steven D. Gray passed away on September 29, 2004.

 Dr. Glenn D. Prestwich is a cofounder of Sentrix Surgical Inc., the company that licensed this technology and is an inventor.

 Supported by a Technology Commercialization Project at The University of Utah (G.D.P.) and by a National Institutes of Health grant, DC04336 (S.D.G. and G.D.P.).

PII: S0015-0282(04)03246-7

doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2004.09.038

Fertility and Sterility
Volume 83, Issue 4, Supplement , Pages 1275-1283 , April 2005

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