Shortening of rat teeth prevents autocannibalization of surgical flaps

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 303-306

  Komorowska Timek, Ewa ^b   Newlin, Leonard ^b   Zhang, Feng ^b   Dogan, Teoman ^b   Lineaweaver, William C ^a   Buncke, Harry J ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BITE; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; INCISOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RAT; SKIN FLAP; TOOTH; WELLBEING;

EID: 0032997641     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-1000106     Document Type: Article

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