Neuroma formation in a rat median nerve model: Influence of distal stump and muscular coating

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 960-966

  Sinis, Nektarios ^a   Haerle, Max ^b   Becker, Stephan Thomas ^b   Schulte Eversum, Caterina ^b   Vonthein, Reinhard ^b   Rösner, Harald ^b   Schaller, Hans Eberhard ^b  

^a Berufsgenossenschaftlichen Unfallklinik Tubingen   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION STUMP; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MEDIAN NERVE; NERVE TRANSECTION; NERVE TUMOR; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; MEDIAN NERVE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW;

EID: 33847201201     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000242486.70919.82     Document Type: Article

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