Regeneration through a long nerve graft used in the correction of facial palsy: A qualitative and quantitative study

Brain

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 271-279

  Jacobs, Jean M ^a,c   Laing, J H E ^b   Harrison, D H ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axons; Facial palsy; Nerve graft; Nerve regeneration; Quantification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AXONS; CHEEK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0029967792     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/119.1.271     Document Type: Article

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