Effect of systemic piracetam treatment on flap survival and vascular endothelial growth factor expression after ischemia-reperfusion injury

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 409-417

  Tuncer, Serhan ^a   Ayhan, Suhan ^a   Findikcioglu, Kemal ^a   Ergun, Hakan ^b   Tuncer, Ilhan ^c  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

flap survival; ischemia reperfusion injury; Nootropil; Piracetam; vascular endothelial growth factor expression

Indexed keywords

PIRACETAM; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAFT NECROSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIA REPERFUSION INJURY; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SKIN FLAP; SKIN FLAP SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; NECROSIS; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PIRACETAM; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REPERFUSION INJURY; SURGICAL FLAPS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 80052026980     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: 10988947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0031-1281523     Document Type: Article

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