Improved survival of rat ischemic cutaneous and musculocutaneous flaps after VEGF gene transfer

Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 439-445

  Antonini, Andrea ^a,c   Zacchigna, Serena ^b   Papa, Giovanni ^a   Novati, Federico ^a   Pascone, Michele ^a   Giacca, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CD31 ANTIGEN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; VASCULOTROPIN 165;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE TRANSFER; GRAFT FAILURE; GRAFT NECROSIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE PERFUSION; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; NONHUMAN; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; SKIN FLAP; VASCULAR PEDICLE; VASCULARIZATION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; DEPENDOVIRUS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; LAC OPERON; MALE; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 34547857050     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: 10982752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.20378     Document Type: Article

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