Tissue markers as predictors of postoperative adhesions

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1549-1554

  Ivarsson, M L ^a   Bergstrom M ^a   Eriksson, E ^a   Risberg, B ^a   Holmdahl, L ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR; TISSUE EXTRACT;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PERITONEUM; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031758783     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00859.x     Document Type: Article

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