Effectiveness of short-contact topical tretinoin in promoting wound healing in db/db mice

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 329-334

  Toyama, Takuya ^a   Ohura, Norihiko ^a   Kurita, Masakazu ^a   Momosawa, Akira ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

db db mice; Diabetic ulcer; Short contact tretinoin therapy; Topical tretinoin therapy; Tretinoin

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; GEL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKIN CAPILLARY; SKIN INJURY; TOPICAL TREATMENT; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; GELS; GRANULATION TISSUE; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; TRETINOIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 33751581915     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: 16512073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844310601012007     Document Type: Article

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