The influence of oral L-arginine on fracture healing: An animal study

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 117, Issue 19-20, 2005, Pages 693-701

  Kdolsky, Richard K ^a   Mohr, Wolfgang ^a   Savidis Dacho, Helga ^b,c   Beer, Rudolf ^d   Puig, Stefan ^a   Reihsner, Roland ^d   Tangl, Stefan ^a   Donath, Karl ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b BAXTER BIOSCIENCE   (Austria)

^c University of Technology ^*

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Animal study; Bone defects; Bone healing; Femoral diaphysics; Nitric oxide precursor

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHYSIS; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; GUINEA PIG; HISTOLOGY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PERIOSTEUM; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPLINT;

EID: 28344438740     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-005-0431-y     Document Type: Article

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