Repair of nerve gap with the elongation of Wallerian degenerated nerve by tissue expansion

Microsurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 126-130

  Ohkaya, Seiji ^a   Hirata, Hitoshi ^a   Uchida, Atsumasa ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE EXPANSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIVISION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCHWANN CELLS; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE EXPANSION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 0034016858     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(2000)20:3<126::AID-MICR6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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