Potential role of growth factors in the management of spinal cord injury

World Neurosurgery

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 120-131

  Awad, Basem I ^a,c   Carmody, Margaret A ^b   Steinmetz, Michael P ^c  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth factor; Recovery; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ASTROCYTOSIS; BONE MARROW CELL; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; META ANALYSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 84923535682     PISSN: 18788750     EISSN: 18788769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2013.01.042     Document Type: Review

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