A Human Hair Keratin Hydrogel Scaffold Enhances Median Nerve Regeneration in Nonhuman Primates: An Electrophysiological and Histological Study

October 2013 in “ Tissue Engineering Part A ”

Lauren A. Pace, Johannes F. Plate, Sandeep Mannava, Jonathan Barnwell, L. Andrew Koman, Zhongyu Li, Thomas L. Smith, Mark Van Dyke

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