Functional recovery and vitamin E level following sciatic nerve crush injury in normal and diabetic rats

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 96, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 245-254

  Al Moutaery, Khalaf ^a   Arshaduddin, Mohammed ^a   Tariq, Mohammad ^a   All Deeb, Saleh ^a  

^a The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Diabetes, crush injury, neuropathy; Vitamin E, sciatic nerve

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CRUSH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; NERVE CRUSH; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCIATIC NERVE; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0032241793     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00207459808986472     Document Type: Article

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