Peritoneal adhesions in human and veterinary medicine: From pathogenesis to therapy. A review

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-494

  Rizzo, Annalisa ^a   Spedicato, Massimo ^a   Mutinati, Maddalena ^a   Minoia, Giuseppe ^a   Angioni, Stefano ^b   Jirillo, Felicita ^a   Pantaleo, Marianna ^a   Sciorsci, Raffaele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adhesions; Domestic animals; Immune cells; Therapy; Women

Indexed keywords

ALOE VERA EXTRACT; CEFEPIME; CELECOXIB; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DEXAMETHASONE; DILTIAZEM; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; ESCIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MELATONIN; METHYLENE BLUE; METRONIDAZOLE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RESVERATROL; ROFECOXIB; SUNITINIB; TINIDAZOLE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HORSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFECTION; INFERTILITY; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PELVIS PAIN SYNDROME; PERITONEUM ADHESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INJURY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTIOXIDANTS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; LEUKOCYTES; PELVIC PAIN; PERITONITIS; TISSUE ADHESIONS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955490742     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: 15322513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923970903524367     Document Type: Article

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