Scaffolds to promote spinal cord regeneration

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 109, Issue , 2012, Pages 575-594

  Sakiyama Elbert, S ^a   Johnson, P J ^a   Hodgetts, S I ^b   Plant, G W ^b,c   Harvey, A R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 84867756660     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52137-8.00036-X     Document Type: Chapter

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