Intraluminal casein model of necrotizing enterocolitis for assessment of mucosal destruction, bacterial translocation, and the effects of allopurinol and N-acetylcysteine

Pediatric Surgery International

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 712-717

  Koivusalo, A ^a,c   Kauppinen, H ^a   Anttila, A ^a   Rautelin, H ^b   Jusufovic, J ^b   Lindahl, H ^a   Rintala, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allopurinol; Bacterial translocation; Intraluminal casein model; N acetylcysteine; Necrotizing enterocolitis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALLOPURINOL; CASEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HISTOLOGY; ILEUM; INTESTINE MUCOSA; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SWINE;

EID: 0036924467     PISSN: 01790358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00383-002-0871-7     Document Type: Article

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