Immediate and delayed nerve repair: Improved muscle mass and function with leukemia inhibitory factor

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1048-1055

  Brown, David L ^a,b   Bennett, Timothy M ^a,b   Dowsing, Bruce J ^a,b   Hayes, Alan ^a,b   Abate, Massimo ^a,b   Morrison, Wayne A ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delayed nerve repair; Leukemia inhibitory factor; Muscle function

Indexed keywords

LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME;

EID: 0036860347     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhsu.2002.36518     Document Type: Article

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