Postoperative irradiation: Are there long-term effects on nerve regeneration?

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 421-426

  Brandt, Keith ^a   Evans, Gregory R D ^b   Kian Ang, K ^b   Gürlek, Ali ^b   Peden, Eric ^b   Savel, Tom ^b   Patrick Jr , Charles ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON BEAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IRRADIATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; POSTERIOR TIBIAL NERVE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; WALKING;

EID: 0032868580     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000121     Document Type: Article

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