Effects of nerve growth factor on nerve regeneration through a vein graft across a gap [23]

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1227-1228

  Meek, M F ^a   Coert, J H ^a   Robinson, P H ^a   Van der Werff, J F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AUTOMUTILATION; LETTER; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCAR; SCIATIC NERVE; VEIN GRAFT;

EID: 0033774370     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-200010000-00065     Document Type: Letter

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