Does oral supplementation with vitamins A or E promote healing of chronic wounds?

Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 290-294

  Gray, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BETA CAROTENE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FREE RADICAL; HYDROCORTISONE; METALLOPROTEINASE; MULTIVITAMIN; RAXOFELAST; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOL; STEROID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL DEFICIENCY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTRACTURE; DECUBITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INFLAMMATION; LACTATION; LEG ULCER; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NURSING; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FUNCTION; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR; VISION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG EVALUATION, PRECLINICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; PRESSURE ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN A; VITAMIN A DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN E; VITAMIN E DEFICIENCY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0242594042     PISSN: 10715754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5754(03)00516-3     Document Type: Article

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