Application of nanotubes and nanofibres in nerve repair. A review

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 231-237

  Olakowska, Edyta ^a   Woszczycka Korczyńska, Izabella ^a   Jȩdrzejowska Szypułka, Halina ^a   Lewin Kowalik, Joanna ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Nanofibres; Nanotubes; Nerve injury; Nerve repair

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBE; MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; NANOFIBER; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE;

HUMAN; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 78650505508     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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