Comparative study of splenic wound healing in young and adult rats

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 261-264

  Kluger, Yoram ^a   Rabau, Micha ^b   Rub, Ronen ^b   Weinbroum, Avi ^b   Chaushu, Gabriel ^b   Ben Avraham, Ron ^b   Dayan, Dan ^b  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nonoperative management; Spleen; Splenic trauma; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032791841     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199908000-00007     Document Type: Article

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