Nonselective nerve fibre damage in peripheral nerves after experimental thermocoagulation

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1297-1302

  Frohling M A ^a,b   Schlote, W ^a   Wolburg Buchholz, K ^c  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Peripheral nerve; Selective vulnerability; Thermocoagulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCIATIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOCOAGULATION; TIME; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA;

ANIMALS; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; RABBITS; SCIATIC NERVE; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0344958717     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050253     Document Type: Article

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