The potential clinical utility of novel methods for peripheral nerve regeneration: Where are we now?

Future Neurology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-107

  Rochkind, Shimon ^a   Shapira, Yuval ^a   Nevo, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

electrical stimulation; guiding regenerative gel; guiding tube; laser phototherapy; peripheral nerve injury; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CHITOSAN; POLYMER;

ANASTOMOSIS; AUTOGRAFT; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVE TRANSECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84895818499     PISSN: 14796708     EISSN: 17486971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fnl.14.2     Document Type: Review

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