Effect of low-dose FK506 after contralateral C7 transfer to the musculocutaneous nerve: A study in rats

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 225-233

  Konofaos, Petros ^a   Burns, Jessica ^a   Terzis, Julia K ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Contralateral C7; fK506; Long nerve gap; Musculocutaneous nerve; Nerve regeneration

Indexed keywords

FK 507; TACROLIMUS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SAPHENOUS NERVE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZATION; REFERENCE VALUE; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL ROOT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; SURGERY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCULOCUTANEOUS NERVE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TACROLIMUS;

EID: 77952895446     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1248230     Document Type: Article

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