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. 2018 Jan 26;9(1):14. doi: 10.3390/jfb9010014

Table 1.

Materials reviewed and generalized search strategy parameters for PubMed and Web of Science.

Material Type Acronym (If Applicable) Standard Search Parameters
Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) PLGA “Material Type” ** AND “Microsphere”
PLGA-Polyethylene Glycol-PLGA PLGA-PEG-PLGA “Material Type” AND “Embolization”
Carboxymethylcellulose CMC “Material Type” AND “Occlusion”
Chitin “Material Type” AND “Arterial”
Hydroxyethyl acrylate HEA “Material Type” AND “Radiology”
Albumin * “Material Type” AND “Bead”
Gelatin “Material Type” AND “Resorbable”
Pluronic F127 “Material Type” AND “Bioresorbable”
Polyvinyl alcohol PVA “Material Type” AND “Degradable”
Starch “Material Type” AND “Bioabsorbable”

* “Albumin” + “arterial” was excluded due to the arterial presence of albumin; ** Note: The words ‘material type’ was replaced in each search by a given material of interest from the left hand column. Each material type was fully searched as per the search parameters in Table 1.