A contemporary overview of peripheral nerve research from the Cleveland Clinic Microsurgery Laboratory

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-225

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Sari, Alper ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

DHEA; Fascicle graft; Nerve allograft; Nerve crush; Neurorrhaphy; Sleeve repair; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PRASTERONE; RAPAMYCIN; SILICONE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TACROLIMUS; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ALLOGRAFT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CRUSH TRAUMA; DIABETES MELLITUS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FASCICLE NERVE GRAFT; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSURGERY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SURGERY; NEURORRHAPHY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RAT; REVIEW; SCIATIC NERVE; SLEEVE REPAIR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; OHIO; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 1842502646     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225013860     Document Type: Review

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