Prevention of spinal epidural fibrosis by recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in rats

Spinal Cord

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 427-431

  Kemaloglu S ^a,b   Ozkan, U ^a   Yilmaz, F ^a   Nas, K ^a   Gur, A ^a   Acemoglu, H ^a   Karasu, H ^a   Cakmak, E ^a  

^a DICLE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Faik Ali Sok Rauf Bey   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laminectomy; rt PA; Spinal epidural fibrosis

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBROSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LAMINECTOMY; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; SCAR FORMATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; EPIDURAL SPACE; FIBROSIS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

EID: 0041589076     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101466     Document Type: Article

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