Microsurgical repair of nerve lesions with nerve grafts: The effect of nerve growth factor 7S

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 187-192

  Gravvanis, Andreas I ^a   Lykoudis, Efstathios G ^a   Tagaris, George A ^a   Patralexis, Charalampos G ^a   Papalois, Apostolos E ^a   Panayotou, Petros N ^a   Stamatopoulos, Constantinos N ^a   Ioannovich, John D ^a  

^a G GENNIMATAS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Axonal regrowth; Free nerve grafting; Mixed peripheral nerve; Nerve growth factor 7S

Indexed keywords

MYELIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE SURGERY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT STRAIN; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0038720007     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00238-002-0386-4     Document Type: Article

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