Melatonin prevents peritoneal adhesions in rats

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1763-1767

  Ersoz, Nail ^a   Ozler, Mehmet ^a   Altinel, Ozcan ^a   Sadir, Serdar ^a   Ozerhan, Ismail Hakki ^a   Uysal, Bulent ^a   Topal, Turgut ^a   Guven, Ahmet ^a   Korkmaz, Ahmet ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Oxidative stress; Peritoneal adhesion; Pinealectomy

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYPROLINE; MALONALDEHYDE; MELATONIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CECUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PINEALECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SUTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449449699     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2009.05907.x     Document Type: Article

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