Autologous amnion graft for repair of myelomeningocele: Technical note and clinical implication

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 408-411

  Hasegawa, Mitsuhiro ^a   Fujisawa, Hironori ^a   Hayashi, Yutaka ^a   Yamashita, Junkoh ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amnion; Autograft; Myelomeningocele; Repair

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CASE REPORT; CHORION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MENINGOMYELOCELE; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN TRANSPOSITION FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 2342515937     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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