A comparison of peripheral nerve regeneration in acellular muscle and nerve autografts

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 193-200

  Kerns, James M ^a   Danielsen, Nils ^b   Zhao, Qing ^b   Lundborg, Göran ^b   Kanje, Martin ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acellular; Autografts; Muscle; Nerve; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CALCULATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HOST CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GRAFT; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSATION; STAINING;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0041911185     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310310016368     Document Type: Article

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