Local Insulin-Zinc Injection Accelerates Skin Donor Site Wound Healing

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-96

  Zhang, Xiao jun ^a,b   Wu, Xiaowu ^b   Wolf, Steven E ^b   Hawkins, Hal K ^a,b   Chinkes, David L ^a,b   Wolfe, Robert R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

insulin; rabbit; skin wound; zinc

Indexed keywords

HUMAN INSULIN; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAUZE DRESSING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SKIN INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRADERMAL; INSULIN; MALE; RABBITS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DONORS; WOUND HEALING; ZINC;

EID: 34547986513     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.10.034     Document Type: Article

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