Tensile properties of the murine ventral vertical midline incision

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Carlson, Mark A ^a,b   Chakkalakal, Dennis ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA NEBRASKA WESTERN IOWA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TEST STRIP; TREND STUDY; WILD ANIMAL; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

MURINAE;

ABDOMINAL WALL; ANIMALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 80052549294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024212     Document Type: Article

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