The effects of glutamine-enriched feeding on incisional healing in rats

European Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 78-81

  Tekin, E ^a,b   Taneri, F ^b   Ersoy, E ^b   Oguz M ^b   Eser, E ^b   Tekin, I ^b   Bozkurt, S ^b   Onuk, E ^b  

^a Medical Faculty ^*  (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Hydroxyproline; Tensile strength; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLUTAMINE; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; INCISION; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKIN INCISION; SUTURE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034022683     PISSN: 0930343X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002380050019     Document Type: Article

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