The effect of the immunosuppressant FK 506 on peripheral nerve regeneration following nerve grafting

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-42

  Fansa, H ^a   Keilhoff, G ^a   Altmann, S ^a   Plogmeier, K ^a   Wolf, G ^a   Schneider, W ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; TACROLIMUS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TACROLIMUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0033044078     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(99)90021-9     Document Type: Article

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