Vitamin A deficiency impairs colonic healing but not adhesion formation in germ-free and conventional rats

Journal of Investigative Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 319-325

  Okada, Masaki ^a,b   Bothin, Claes ^c   Blomhoff, Rune ^d   Kanazawa, Kyotaro ^b   Midtvedt, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Germ free rat; Healing of colonic anastomosis; Intestinal flora; Postsurgical adhesion formation; Vitamin A deficiency

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

ADHESION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; COLON ANASTOMOSIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HEALING; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 0033394597     PISSN: 08941939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089419399272304     Document Type: Article

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