Effect of betamethasone on the degree of macrophage recruitment and nerve growth factor receptor p75 immunoreaction during recovery of the sciatic nerve after injury: an experimental study in rats

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 455-459

  Al Bishri, Awwad ^a   Forsgren, Sture ^b   Al Thobaiti, Yasser ^c   Sunzel, Bo ^c   Rosenquist, Jan ^c  

^a AL NOOR SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MALMÖ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Corticosteroids; Macrophages; Nerve healing; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR P75;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INCIDENCE; MACROPHAGE; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY;

EID: 49049121017     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.01.020     Document Type: Article

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