Chapter 11 Tissue Engineering of Peripheral Nerves

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 87, Issue C, 2009, Pages 227-249

  Battiston, Bruno ^a,c   Raimondo, Stefania ^b,c   Tos, Pierluigi ^a   Gaidano, Valentina ^b   Audisio, Chiara ^b   Scevola, Anna ^a   Perroteau, Isabelle ^b   Geuna, Stefano ^b  

^a CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROGENIN 1; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; POLYCAPROLACTONE; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMIMETICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MICROSURGERY; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE GRAFT; MYELINATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE ENGINEERING; VIRAL GENE THERAPY; ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROSURGERY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; TRANSPLANTATION; VEIN;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLES; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE SCAFFOLDS; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VEINS;

EID: 70349785534     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7742(09)87011-6     Document Type: Review

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