Tissue Engineering in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration

Neural Regeneration

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 73-99

  Gu, Xiaosong ^a   Ding, Fei ^a   Yang, Yumin ^a   Liu, Jie ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autologous nerve grafts; Clinical applications; Growth factors; Nerve scaffold; Peripheral nerve injury; Peripheral nerve regeneration; Support cells; Tissue engineering; Tissue engineered nerve grafts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940038614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-801732-6.00005-7     Document Type: Chapter

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