Platelet gel does not improve peripheral nerve regeneration: An electrophysiological, stereological, and electron microscopic study

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-153

  Piskin, Ahmet ^a   Kaplan, Suleyman ^a   Aktaş, Abit ^b   Ayyildiz, Mustafa ^a   Raimondo, Stefania ^c   Aliç, Taner ^a   Bozkurt, H Hakan ^b   Geuna, Stefano ^c  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; STEREOLOGY; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BLOOD PLATELETS; COLLAGEN; GELS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS;

EID: 61449108031     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20599     Document Type: Article

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