Colchicine, like methylprednisolone, decreases the perilesional fibrosis secondary to a chronic brain granuloma in cats

Experimental and Molecular Pathology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 9-14

  Aguirre Cruz, Lucinda ^a   Calvillo, Minerva ^a   Sotelo, Julio ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Collagen; Fibrosis; Granuloma; Steroids

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SILICATE; COLCHICINE; COLLAGEN FIBER; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PROCOLLAGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; GRANULOMA; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ANIMALIA; FELIS CATUS;

EID: 0031832254     PISSN: 00144800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exmp.1998.2220     Document Type: Article

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