Nerve guides seeded with autologous Schwann cells improve nerve regeneration

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 571-584

  Rodríguez, Francisco J ^a   Verdú, Enrique ^a   Ceballos, Dolores ^a   Navarro, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cellular prosthesis; Nerve autograft; Nerve regeneration; Reinnervation; Schwann cell; Sciatic nerve; Tube repair

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL SURVIVAL; IMMUNOGENICITY; INNERVATION; ISOGRAFT; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0342679983     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7315     Document Type: Article

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