Functional recovery after implantation of artificial nerve grafts in the rat- a systematic review

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 19-

  Sinis, Nektarios ^a   Kraus, Armin ^a   Tselis, Nikolaos ^c   Haerle, Max ^b   Werdin, Frank ^a   Schaller, Hans Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Orthopaedic Hospital Markgroeningen   (Germany)

^c Klinikum Offenbach   (Germany)

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EID: 70450233539     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-4-19     Document Type: Article

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