The Neurotoxicity of Epidural Hyaluronic Acid in Rabbits: A Light and Electron Microscopic Examination

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1716-1720

  Lim, Young Jin ^a   Sim, Woo Seok ^b   Kim, Yong Chul ^a,c   Lee, Sang Chul ^a   Choi, Yoon La ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYALURONIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPIDURAL CATHETER; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0345714979     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000087044.16739.5A     Document Type: Article

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