Keratin/chitosan as novel grafts for peripheral nerve regeneration

For many years Peripheral Nerve Injuries (PNI) has been raising major concerns in regenerative medicine. Currently, the gold standard treatment for PNI is the autologous nerve grafting but it presents several drawbacks. Chitosan, along with keratin [1], for their good biocompatibility and physicoche...

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Main Author: Carvalho, C. R. (author)
Other Authors: Pedro, A. J. (author), Ng, K. W. (author), Neves, N. M. (author), Reis, R. L. (author), Oliveira, M. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/32934
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/32934