Use of antioxidants for the prophylaxis of cold-induced peripheral nerve injury

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 753-755

  Teixeira, Fernanda ^a   Pollock, Martin ^a   Karim, Alveera ^a   Jiang, Yuying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLD INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; MALE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NONMYELINATED NERVE; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PILOT STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0036739721     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.9.753     Document Type: Article

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