Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 4 , Pages 711-717 , April 2008

Evaluation of Early Nerve Regeneration Using a Polymeric Membrane Functionalized With Nerve Growth Factor (NGF) After a Crush Lesion of the Rat Mental Nerve

  • Mathilde Savignat, DMD

      Affiliations

    • Lecturer, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, place de Verdun, Université de Lille II, Lille, France; and Unité de Neurosciences et Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Plasticité Neuromusculaire, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Cedex, France.
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Dr Savignat: Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, place de Verdun, 59000 Lille
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  • Constant Vodouhe, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Doctor, INSERM Unité 595, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg-Cedex, France.
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  • Alain Ackermann

      Affiliations

    • Technician, INSERM Unité 595, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg-Cedex, France.
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  • Youssef Haikel, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, INSERM Unité 595, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg-Cedex, France.
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  • Philippe Lavalle, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Doctor, INSERM Unité 595, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg-Cedex, France.
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  • Philippe Libersa, DMD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Professor, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université de Lille II, Lille, France; and Unité de Neurosciences et Physiologie Adaptatives, Laboratoire de Plasticité Neuromusculaire, Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille, Cedex, France; and Physiopathologie et thérapeutique des tissus calcifiés, Faculté de Chirurgie Dentaire, Université de Lille II, Lille, France.

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doi: 10.1016/j.joms.2007.06.654

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 66, Issue 4 , Pages 711-717 , April 2008

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