Progress and perspectives of neural tissue engineering

Frontiers of Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 401-411

  Gu, Xiaosong ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

nerve grafts; nerve injury; tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NERVE REGENERATION; PROCEDURES; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

GUIDED TISSUE REGENERATION; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 84973894764     PISSN: 20950217     EISSN: 20950225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11684-015-0415-x     Document Type: Article

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