Nerve cuffs for nerve repair and regeneration

Progress in Brain Research

Volumn 128, Issue , 2000, Pages 121-134

  Hoffer, Joaquín Andrés ^a,b   Kallesøe, Klaus ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NeuroStream Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034589058     PISSN: 00796123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0079-6123(00)28012-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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