Nerve growth factor combined with an epineural conduit for bridging a short nerve gap (10 mm). A study in rabbits

Microsurgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 545-550

  Barmpitsioti, Antonia ^a   Konofaos, Petros ^b   Ignatiadis, Ioannis ^c   Papalois, Apostolos ^d   Zoubos, Aristides B ^e   Soucacos, Panagiotis N ^e  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d ELPEN Pharmaceuticals   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EPINEURAL CONDUIT; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; LATENT PERIOD; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GAP; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE; RABBITS; REACTION TIME; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 80053606524     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20925     Document Type: Article

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