The effects of ovarian hormone deficiency on wound contraction in a rat model

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 223-227

  Calvin, M ^a   Dyson, M ^a   Rymer, J ^a   Young, S R ^b  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Guy's Nuffield House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN INJURY; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CONTRACTURE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OVARIECTOMY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031906366     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10057.x     Document Type: Article

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