Facial Nerve Regeneration through Progesterone-Loaded Chitosan Prosthesis. A Preliminary Report

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 702-711

  Chávez Delgado, María Estela ^a,b   Mora Galindo, J ^a   Gomez Pinedo U ^b   Feria Velasco, A ^c   Castro Castaneda S ^a   Lopez Dellamary Toral F A ^c   Luquin De Anda, S ^c   Garcia Segura L M ^d   Garcia Estrada J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y ASISTENCIA EN TECNOLOGÍA Y DISEÑO DEL ESTADO DE JALISCO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Drug delivery; Nerve guide; Nerve regeneration; Progesterone; Prosthesis

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEUROLOGY; PROSTHETICS; TISSUE;

FACIAL NERVE REGENERATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CHITOSAN; PROGESTERONE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROSTHESIS; RABBIT;

EID: 18244420936     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.10059     Document Type: Article

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