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Original Scientific Report

Graft repair of a peripheral nerve without the sacrifice of a healthy donor nerve by the use of acutely dissociated autologous Schwann cells

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Pages 1-6 | Accepted 29 Jun 2004, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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