Peripheral nerve regeneration through nerve guides seeded with adult Schwann cells

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-398

  Ansselin, A D ^a   Fink, T ^a   Davey, D F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glia; Long nerve gaps; Nerve chamber; Nerve repair; Neurotrophism; Prosthetic device; Rat sciatic nerve; Reinnervation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE LESION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0030763540     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.1997.tb01313.x     Document Type: Article

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