The effects of preoperative irradiation on peripheral nerve regeneration

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-282

  Brandt, Keith ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^b   Gürlek, Ali ^b   Savel, Tom ^b   Lohman, Robb ^b   Nabawi, Ayman ^b   Williams, Jeremy ^b   Patrick, Charles W ^b   Ang, K Kian ^b   Lembo, Thomas ^b   Tinkey, Peggy ^b   Cromeens, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031884697     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199803000-00014     Document Type: Article

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