Effects of acetylo-L-carnitine in end-to-side neurorrhaphy: A pilot study

Microsurgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 456-463

  Kostopoulos, Vasileios K ^a   Davis, Christin L ^b   Terzis, Julia K ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Microsurgical Research Center Norfolk   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVACECARNINE; PLACEBO;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; END TO SIDE NEURORRHAPHY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE POTENTIAL; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PILOT PROJECTS; PROBABILITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 70349293663     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20639     Document Type: Article

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