Bridging peripheral nerve defect with chitosan-collagen film

Chinese Journal of Traumatology - English Edition

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 131-134

  Wei, Xin ^a   Lao, Jie ^b   Gu, Yu Dong ^b  

^a Tongji University   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Collagen; Nerve conduit; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerves

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SUTURE;

EID: 0038235650     PISSN: 10081275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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