Pressure ulcers: A role for thymosin β

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1112, Issue , 2007, Pages 413-417

  Godschalk, Michael Francis ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pressure ulcers; Randomized clinical trials; Thymosin 4; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PLACEBO; THYMOSIN BETA4;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ANGIOGENESIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEBRIDEMENT; DECUBITUS; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KERATINOCYTE; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PAIN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

RATTUS;

EID: 35348975977     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1415.049     Document Type: Conference Paper

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