Role of poloxamer 188 during recovery from ischemic spinal cord injury: A preliminary study

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Follis, F ^a   Jenson, B ^a   Blisard, K ^b   Hall, E ^c   Wong, R ^a   Kessler, R ^a   Temes, T ^a   Wernly, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Gila Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^c VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic cross clamping; Paraplegia; Poloxamer

Indexed keywords

POLOXAMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA SURGERY; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIOSIS; GRAY MATTER; HINDLIMB; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PARAPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THORACIC AORTA; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0029933071     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08941939609012466     Document Type: Article

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