Tissue engineering and peripheral nerve reconstruction: An overview

International Review of Neurobiology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 35-57

  Geuna, Stefano ^a   Gnavi, Sara ^a   Perroteau, Isabelle ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^b   Battiston, Bruno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Cell and tissue transplantation; Gene therapy; Microsurgical reconstruction; Pharmacotherapy; Physical therapy; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BIOMATERIAL; CILOSTAN; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROPOIETIN; ETIFOXINE; FLUNARIZINE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MELATONIN; POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE; POLYVINYL DERIVATIVE; TANTALUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIOMATERIALS; CELL AND TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENE THERAPY; MICROSURGICAL RECONSTRUCTION; PHARMACOTHERAPY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84884684568     PISSN: 00747742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-410499-0.00002-2     Document Type: Chapter

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