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Review Article

Peripheral nerve injury and axonotmesis: State of the art and recent advances

Rui AlvitesCentro de Estudos de Ciência Animal (CECA), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente (ICETA) da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, Apartado 55142, 4051-401Porto, Portugal;Departamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto (UP), Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº 228, 4050-313Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1945-6377
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Ana Rita CaseiroCentro de Estudos de Ciência Animal (CECA), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente (ICETA) da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, Apartado 55142, 4051-401Porto, Portugal;Departamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto (UP), Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº 228, 4050-313Porto, Portugal;Departamento de Engenharia Metalúrgica e Materiais, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto (REQUIMTE/LAQV), R. Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1143-2461
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Sílvia Santos PedrosaCentro de Estudos de Ciência Animal (CECA), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente (ICETA) da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, Apartado 55142, 4051-401Porto, Portugal;Departamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto (UP), Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº 228, 4050-313Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2055-8031
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Mariana Vieira BranquinhoCentro de Estudos de Ciência Animal (CECA), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente (ICETA) da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, Apartado 55142, 4051-401Porto, Portugal;Departamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto (UP), Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº 228, 4050-313Porto, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1143-2461
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Giulia RonchiDepartamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801Vila Real, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4795-7024
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Stefano GeunaDepartamento de Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, UTAD, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801Vila Real, PortugalORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6962-831X
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Artur S.P. VarejãoCECAV, Centro de Ciência Animal e Veterinária, Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Quinta de Prados, 5000-801Vila Real, Portugal;Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, and Cavalieri Ottolenghi Neuroscience Institute, University of Turin, Ospedale San Luigi, 10043 Orbassano, Turin, ItalyORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0736-3635
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Ana Colette MaurícioCentro de Estudos de Ciência Animal (CECA), Instituto de Ciências, Tecnologias e Agroambiente (ICETA) da Universidade do Porto, Praça Gomes Teixeira, Apartado 55142, 4051-401Porto, Portugal;Departamento de Clínicas Veterinárias, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto (UP), Rua de Jorge Viterbo Ferreira, nº 228, 4050-313Porto, PortugalCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Anne SpurklandUniversity of Oslo, Norway
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Article: 1466404 | Received 28 Dec 2017, Accepted 15 Apr 2018, Published online: 30 Apr 2018

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