Chapter 8 Current Techniques and Concepts in Peripheral Nerve Repair

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 141-172

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Brzezicki, Grzegorz ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; CD40 LIGAND MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CYCLOSPORIN A; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; POLITEF; POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; BLOOD GROUP TYPING; BONE MARROW CELL; CELL THERAPY; CRYOPRESERVATION; GOLD STANDARD; GRAFT REJECTION; HLA MATCHING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE SUTURE; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; STROMA CELL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TREATMENT INDICATION; ANIMAL; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 70349783204     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87008-6     Document Type: Review

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