Correlation between skin biopsy with quantification of intraepidermal nerve fiber and the severity of sciatic nerve traction injury in rats

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 737-742

  Hsieh, Ching Hua ^a   Jeng, Seng Feng ^a   Lu, Tsu Hsiang ^a   Yang, Johnson Chia Shen ^a   Hsieh, Min Wei ^a   Chen, Yi Chun ^a   Rau, Cheng Shyuan ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

IENFD; Nerve teasing; Nerve traction injury; PGP 9.5; Skin biopsy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN GENE PRODUCT 9.5; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXONAL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTRAEPIDERMAL NERVE FIBER DENSITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SCIATIC NERVE TRACTION INJURY; SKIN BIOPSY; ANIMAL; BIOPSY; BLUNT TRAUMA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HINDLIMB; INJURY; INNERVATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TRACTION THERAPY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY; HINDLIMB; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKIN; TRACTION; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 68149173159     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181623332     Document Type: Article

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