Nature and mechanism of peripheral nerve damage in an experimental model of non-freezing cold injury

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 372-379

  Irwin, Michael S ^a  

^a QUEEN VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ischaemia reperfusion injury; Nerve injury; Non freezing cold injury; Trench foot

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VOLUME; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISCHEMIA; LIMB; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; RABBIT; REPERFUSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; SOLDIER; TEMPERATURE; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; COLD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HINDLIMB; IMMERSION FOOT; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029945286     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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