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Repair of spinal cord transection and its effects on muscle mass and myosin heavy chain isoform phenotype.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Nov 2007
Lee Yu-Shang, Lin Ching-Yi, Caiozzo Vincent J, Robertson Richard T, Yu Jen, Lin Vernon W
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A number of significant advances have been developed for treating spinal cord injury during the past two decades. The combination of peripheral nerve grafts and acidic fibroblast growth factor (hereafter referred to as PNG) has been shown to partially restore hindlimb function. However, very little is known about the effects of such treatments in restoring normal muscle phenotype. The primary goal of the current...
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