Inhibition of wound contraction with locally injected lathyrogenic drugs

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-350

  Joseph, Hazel L ^b   Roisen, Fred J ^a   Anderson, Gary L ^a   Barker, John H ^a   Weiner, Leonard J ^a   Tobin, Gordon R ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Coll Phys Surgs of Columbia Univ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 AMINOPROPIONITRILE; PENICILLAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN METABOLISM; CONTACT INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FIBROBLAST; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRANULATION TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LATHYRISM; MOUSE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND CONTRACTION;

AMINOPROPIONITRILE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CONTRACTURE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FIBROBLASTS; GRANULATION TISSUE; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED HRS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PENICILLAMINE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030867515     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(97)00100-1     Document Type: Article

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