Regeneration and repair of peripheral nerves with different biomaterials: Review

Microsurgery

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 574-588

  Siemionow, Maria ^a   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a   Zor, Fatih ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN; ELASTOMER HYDROGEL; FIBRIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALURONIC ACID; NANOFILM; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEURITE PROMOTING FACTOR; POLYESTER; POLYETHYLENE; POLYGANIC; POLYGLACTIN; POLYGLYCOLIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHAZINE; PROANTOCYANIDINE; PROSTAGLANDIN A; SILASTIC; SILICONE; SILK FIBROIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ALLOGRAFT; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; AMNION; ARTERY GRAFT; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; HUMAN; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SILASTIC TUBE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON GRAFT; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE GRAFT;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; VEINS;

EID: 78349251659     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20799     Document Type: Review

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