Topical phenytoin ointment increases autograft acceptance in rats

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 962-966

  Albsoul Younes, Abla ^a,b   Younes, Nidal A ^b   Badran, Darwish H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; GRANULATION TISSUE; HAIR GROWTH; JORDAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKIN AUTOGRAFT; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; MODELS, ANIMAL; PHENYTOIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, AUTOLOGOUS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33750418211     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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