An analytical study of neocartilage from microtia and otoplasty surgical remnants: A possible application for BMP7 in microtia development and regeneration

• Robin DiFeo Childs,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kindai University Medical School, Osaka sayama, Osaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4910-9544

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• Hitomi Nakao,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Noritaka Isogai,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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• Ananth Murthy,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kindai University Medical School, Osaka sayama, Osaka, Japan

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• William J. Landis

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: wlandis@uakron.edu

  Affiliation Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, United States of America

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