Rejection and regeneration in peripheral nerve homografts in rats after withdrawal of cyclosporin: Morphological and immunohistochemical assessment

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-377

  Takata, Haruhiko ^a,d   Ishida, Osamu ^b   Ochi, Mitsuo ^c   Ikuta, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a Miyoshi Central Hospital   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Miyoshi Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allograft; Cyclosporin; Immunohistochemistry; Nerve; Schwann cell

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; MIGLYOL;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOGRAFT; MALE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; RAT; REMYELINIZATION; SCHWANN CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 5844397075     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319950159064     Document Type: Article

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