Expression of Transforming Growth Factor β1 in Patients with and without Previous Abdominal Surgery

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1249-1252

  Hobson, Kristina G ^a   DeWing, Michelle ^a   Ho, Hung S ^a   Wolfe, Bruce M ^a   Cho, Kiho ^a,b   Greenhalgh, David G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Shriners Hospital for Children   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; PERITONEUM ADHESION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMINAL CAVITY; ADHESIONS; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 0242695752     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.138.11.1249     Document Type: Article

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