Adhesion prevention with ancrod released via a tissue-adherent hydrogel

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-64

  Chowdhury, Sanghamitra M ^a   Hubbell, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCROD;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HYDROGEL; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030045270     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1996.0081     Document Type: Article

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