Exogenous leukaemia inhibitory factor enhances nerve regeneration after late secondary repair using a bioartificial nerve conduit

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 444-450

  Hart, A McKay ^a,b   Wiberg, M ^b   Terenghi, Giorgio ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Growth factors; Leukaemia inhibitory factor; Nerve conduit; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve repair

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; FIBRONECTIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOGRAFT; MALE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0042856572     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00134-6     Document Type: Article

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