Inhibition of TNFα improves survival in an experimental model of acute pancreatitis

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 8-13

  Hughes, Christopher B ^a   Gaber, Lillian W ^a   El Din, Abou Bakr Mohey ^a   Grewal, Hani P ^a   Kotb, Malak ^a   Mann, Linda ^a   Gaber, Osama ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ANTIBODY;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASCITES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ASCITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EDEMA; HEMATOCRIT; HEMORRHAGE; LUNG; MALE; PANCREATITIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0029898802     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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