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Experimental study of the role of the motor endplate zone in the transplantation of skeletal muscle autografts in rabbits

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The vital role of the motor endplate zone in the survival of free autogenous skeletal muscle transplants, applied to orthotopic sites, was investigated in twelve rabbits. Such free grafts, when the muscle belly was divided into three segments, resulted in successful survival of the graft only in that segment containing the motor endplate zone.

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    Present address: Regional Plastic Surgery Centre, Mount Vernon Hospital Northwood, Middlesex, England

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    N. Thompson, A. P. Naftalin & S. T. Lee

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Thompson, N., Naftalin, A.P. & Lee, S.T. Experimental study of the role of the motor endplate zone in the transplantation of skeletal muscle autografts in rabbits. Chir Plastica 4, 81–85 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00264540

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