Comparison of fresh and predegenerated muscle-vein-combined guides for the repair of rat median nerve

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-55

  Tos, P ^a   Battiston, Bruno ^a   Nicolino, S ^b   Raimondo, S ^b   Fornaro, M ^b   Lee, J M ^b   Chirila, L ^a   Geuna, S ^b   Perroteau, I ^b  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 100;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE GRAFT; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHWANN CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VEIN GRAFT;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIAN NERVE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VEINS;

EID: 33846900901     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20306     Document Type: Article

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