The role of conduits in nerve repair: A review

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-84

  Doolabh, Vaishali B ^a   Hertl, M Catherine ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduit; Contact guidance; Entubulation; Nerve interposition; Nerve regeneration; Neuronotrophic factors; Neurotropism

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GROWTH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROTROPISM; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029945061     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1996.7.1.47     Document Type: Review

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