Effect of the rate of prestretching a peripheral nerve on regeneration potential after transection and repair
β Scribed by Ichiro Abe; Akihito Tsujino; Yuki Hara; Naoyuki Ochiai
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 419 KB
- Volume
- 8
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0949-2658
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