Technical Improvements to a Rat Brachial Plexus Avulsion Model via a Posterior Surgical Approach.

Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open

Department of Brain, Repair and Rehabilitation, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.

Published: December 2015

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