Peripheral nerve regeneration: The effects of postoperative irradiation

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 375-380

  Evans, Gregory R D ^a   Brandt, Keith ^b   Kian Ang, K ^b   Cromeens, Douglas ^b   Peden, Eric ^b   Gherardini, Giulio ^b   Gurlek, Ali ^b   Tinkey, Peggy ^b   Williams, Jeremy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; WALKING;

ANIMALS; GAMMA RAYS; HINDLIMB; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030703249     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199708000-00015     Document Type: Article

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