Motor and sensory specificity of host nerve axons influence nerve allograft rejection

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 421-434

  Midha, Rajiv ^a   Munro, Catherine A ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^b   Ang, Lee C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonopathy; Cyclosporin A; Immunosuppression; Nerve injury; Nerve regeneration; Rat; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MOTOR NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0030722901     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005072-199704000-00011     Document Type: Article

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