Improved method for harvesting human Schwann cells from mature peripheral nerve and expansion in vitro

GLIA

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 327-338

  Casella, Gizelda T B ^a,b   Bunge, Richard P ^a   Wood, Patrick M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Heregulin; Mitogen; Neuroglia; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS TISSUE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SCHWANN CELL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CELL COUNT; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCHWANN CELLS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030219459     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1136(199608)17:4<327::AID-GLIA7>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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