Local Shwartzman reaction in the rat induced by endotoxin and ischemia: Potential model for skin necrosis in meningococcemia

Pediatric Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 158-160

  Penington, Anthony J ^a,b,c   Craft, Randall O ^a,b   Mitchell, Geraldine ^a   Morrison, Wayne A ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Bernard O'Brien Institute of Microsurgery   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; INJECTION SITE; ISCHEMIA; MENINGOCOCCEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION; SHWARTZMAN PHENOMENON; SKIN NECROSIS;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; BACTEREMIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOTOXINS; ISCHEMIA; MENINGOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; NECROSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPERFUSION INJURY; SHWARTZMAN PHENOMENON; SKIN;

EID: 33748088200     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.pdr.0000228326.99650.19     Document Type: Article

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