Colchicine inhibits heterotopic ossification: Experimental study in rabbits

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-34

  Dudkiewicz, Israel ^a,d   Cohen, Ilan ^b,d   Horowitz, Suzanna ^a,d   Regev, Sharon ^e   Perelman, Marina ^a,d   Chechik, Aharon ^a,d   Langevitz, Pnina ^a,d   Strasburg, Shmuel ^a,d   Livneh, Avi ^a,d   Salai, Moshe ^c,d  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Hasharon Medical Center   (Israel)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e Veterinary Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colchicine; Heterotopic; Ossification

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRAIN INJURY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; ILIAC CREST; IN VIVO STUDY; INJECTION SITE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG MUSCLE; MINERALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOBLAST; PELVIS INJURY; RABBIT; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THIGH;

ANIMALS; CALCIFICATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLCHICINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GOUT SUPPRESSANTS; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; OSTEOBLASTS; RABBITS; REFERENCE VALUES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 19944427401     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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