Sensory recovery after toe-to-finger transplantation: A three-year observation with quantitative sensory and functional sensibility tests

Acta Neurologica Taiwanica

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 70-84

  Chu, Nai Shin ^a   Wei, Fu Chuan ^a   Lin, Chih Hung ^a   Chen, Huan Tang ^a   Chen, Hung Chi ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Digit transplantation; Digital nerve; Nerve regeneration; Quantitative sensory test; Sensory recovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NERVE REGENERATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0036088130     PISSN: 1028768X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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