Nerve repair using acidic fibroblast growth factor in human cervical spinal cord injury: A preliminary Phase I clinical study

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 208-214

  Wu, Jau Ching ^a,b   Huang, Wen Cheng ^a,b   Tsai, Yun An ^a,b   Chen, Yu Chun ^a,b   Cheng, Henrich ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acidic fibroblast growth factor; Cervical spine; Nerve repair; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; NOCICEPTION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SPASTICITY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURONS; PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 40949161757     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/SPI/2008/8/3/208     Document Type: Article

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