Effects of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor on Ischemic Spinal Cord Injury Caused by Aortic Cross-Clamping in Rabbits

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 94-99

  Öz Oyar, Eser ^a   Kardeş, Özgür ^a   Korkmaz, Ayhan ^a   Ömeroǧlu, Suna ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ischemia reperfusion; oxidative stress; spinal cord; VEGF

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE; MALONALDEHYDE; NITRATE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY;

ANIMALS; AORTA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUTATHIONE; MALE; MALONDIALDEHYDE; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RABBITS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL CORD ISCHEMIA; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 57149113011     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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