A prospective observational study of the yield of olfactory ensheathing cells cultured from biopsies of septal nasal mucosa

Neurosurgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1140-1144

  Choi, David ^a,b   Li, Daqing ^b   Law, Stuart ^b   Powell, Michael ^a   Raisman, Geoffrey ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Culture; Mucosa; Olfactory ensheathing cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL REGENERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NASAL BIOPSY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; OLFACTORY ENSHEATHING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY; BIOPSY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; NOSE MUCOSA; NOSE SEPTUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BIOPSY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NASAL MUCOSA; NASAL SEPTUM; NEUROGLIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 49049107218     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.neu.0000325876.90623.df     Document Type: Article

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