Evaluation of the gross and histologic reactions to five commonly used suture materials in the skin of the African clawed frog (Xenopus laevis)

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 22-26

  Tuttle, Allison D ^a   Mac Law, J ^a   Harms, Craig A ^a   Lewbart, Gregory A ^a   Harvey, Stephen B ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL; NYLON; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; SKIN INCISION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SUTURING METHOD; WOUND CLOSURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; PATHOLOGY; SILK; SKIN; SUTURE;

AMPHIBIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NYLONS; POLYDIOXANONE; POLYGLACTIN 910; SILK; SKIN; SUTURES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33847101337     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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