Could chronic wounds not heal due to too low local copper levels?

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 610-613

  Borkow, Gadi ^a   Gabbay, Jeffrey ^a   Zatcoff, Richard C ^b  

^a Cupron Inc   (United States)

^b Upstate Podiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ION; COPPER SULFATE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; METALLOTHIONEIN; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; COPPER BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; HEALING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUND HEALING;

CELL DIVISION; COPPER; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 1; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1; ISCHEMIA; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 38749103156     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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