Effect of Bentonite on skin wound healing: Experimental study in the rat model

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 235-240

  Emami Razavi, S H ^a   Esmaeili, N ^a   Forouzannia, S K ^b,c   Amanpour, S ^a   Rabbani, S ^a   Alizadeh, A M ^a   Mohagheghi, M A ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Afshar Hospital   (Iran)

^c YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Re epithelialization; Trace metals; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXUDATE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PANNICULITIS; RAT; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EPITHELIUM; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SKIN INCISION; SKIN INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; VASODILATATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34347207977     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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