Primary sensory neuronal rescue with systemic acetyl-L-carnitine following peripheral axotomy. A dose-response analysis

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 732-739

  Wilson, Andrew D H ^a,b   Hart, Andrew ^a,b   Brannstrom, Thomas ^c   Wiberg, Mikael ^b   Terenghi, Giorgio ^a,d  

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

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALCAR; Axotomy; Dorsal root ganglia; Nerve injury; Neuronal rescue

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY NEUROPATHY; SPINAL GANGLION; SPINAL ROOT;

EID: 0344465815     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2003.08.005     Document Type: Article

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