Simvastatin improves incisional wound healing in a rat model: An experimental study

Wounds

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 195-200

  Derici, Hayrullah ^a   Yaman, Ismail ^a   Kara, Cemal ^b   Kamer, Erdinç ^c   Diniz, Gülden ^d   Ortac, Ragip ^d  

^a Balikesir Medical University   (Turkey)

^b Karsiyaka Devlet Hastanesi   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d DR BEHÇET UZ CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

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