Promotion of second intention wound healing by emu oil lotion: Comparative results with furasin, polysporin, and cortisone

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2404-2407

  Politis, M J ^a   Dmytrowich, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; EMULSIFYING AGENT; NITROFURAL; POLYSPORIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; EPITHELIZATION; GRANULATION TISSUE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BACITRACIN; CORTISONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMOLLIENTS; MALE; NEOMYCIN; OILS; POLYMYXIN B; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS; VITAMIN E; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032437794     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199812000-00020     Document Type: Article

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