British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 455-459 , September 2008

Effect of betamethasone on the degree of macrophage recruitment and nerve growth factor receptor p75 immunoreaction during recovery of the sciatic nerve after injury: an experimental study in rats

  • Awwad Al-Bishri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Al-Noor Specialist Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Sture Forsgren

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrative Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Umeå University
    • ,
  • Yasser Al-Thobaiti

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital MAS, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
    • ,
  • Bo Sunzel

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital MAS, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden
    • ,
  • Jan Rosenquist

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital MAS, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden

,Accepted 31 January 2008.

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PII: S0266-4356(08)00096-X

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.01.020

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 46, Issue 6 , Pages 455-459 , September 2008

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