The additive effects of carnitine and ascorbic acid on distally burned dorsal skin flap in rats

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Arslan, Emrah ^a   Basterzi, Yavuz ^a   Aksoy, Alper ^a   Majka, Christopher ^b   Unal, Sakir ^a   Sari, Alper ^a   Demirkan, Ferit ^a  

^a MERSIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn; Carnitine; Ischemia; Skin flap; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; CARNITINE; DRUG ADDITIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAFT SURVIVAL; ISCHEMIA; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; RAT; SKIN FLAP; SKIN NECROSIS; THERMAL INJURY;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ASCORBIC ACID; BURNS; CARNITINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 21344436376     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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