The role of cultured Schwann cell grafts in the repair of gaps within the peripheral nervous system of primates

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 25-36

  Levi, Allan D O ^a,c   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Dickman, Curtis ^a   Mather, Jennie ^b   Li, Rong Hao ^b   Cordoba, Steve C ^a   Bichard, Bill ^a   Berens, Michael ^a  

^a Barrow Neurological Institute   (United States)

^b GENENTECH INC   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; MONKEY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL;

EID: 0031022583     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.6344     Document Type: Article

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