Comparison of acellular nerve allograft modification with Schwann cells or VEGF

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Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 396-402

  Hoben, Gwendolyn ^a   Yan, Ying ^a   Iyer, Nisha ^b   Newton, Piyaraj ^a   Hunter, Dan A ^a   Moore, Amy M ^a   Sakiyama Elbert, Shelly E ^a,b   Wood, Matthew D ^a   Mackinnon, Susan E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve allografts; Nerve grafts; Nerve regeneration; Peripheral nerve; Schwann cell; Vascular endothelial growth factor; VEGF

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940459757     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-014-9720-0     Document Type: Article

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