Use of cold-preserved allografts seeded with autologous Schwann cells in the treatment of a long-gap peripheral nerve injury

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 246-259

  Hess, Jason R ^a   Brenner, Michael J ^a   Fox, Ida K ^a   Nichols, Chris M ^a   Myckatyn, Terence M ^a   Hunter, Daniel A ^a   Rickman, Susan R ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSPOT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACACA; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE MALFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULNAR NERVE; ANIMAL; INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CRYOPRESERVATION; FEMALE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCHWANN CELLS; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 33847010693     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000245341.71666.97     Document Type: Article

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