Expanded polytetrafluoroethylene entubulation of the rabbit inferior alveolar nerve

Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 292-298

  Miloro, Michael ^a   Macy, Jacqueline M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIXATIVE; POLITEF;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTUBATION; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS TISSUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; INTUBATION; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE; PLASTIC EMBEDDING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; TIBIAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS;

EID: 0034146337     PISSN: 10792104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/moe.2000.101619     Document Type: Article

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