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Locally-applied Collagenase and Regeneration of Transsected and Repaired Rat Sciatic Nerves

Maria Rydevik From the Department of Physiological Sciences, Section for Neuroendocrine Cell Biology, Lund University, Lund,
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Fredrik Bergström From the Department of Physiological Sciences, Section for Neuroendocrine Cell Biology, Lund University, Lund,
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Camilla Mitts Department of Orthopaedics, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Goteborg, Sweden
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Nils Danielsen From the Department of Physiological Sciences, Section for Neuroendocrine Cell Biology, Lund University, Lund,
Pages 193-196 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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