Effects of pentoxifylline on skeletal muscle injury induced by acute hindlimb ischaemia–reperfusion: a histopathological study in a rat model

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 545-548

  Takhtfooladi, Hamed Ashrafzadeh ^a   Moayer, Fariborz ^a   Abarkar, Mohammad ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Histology; Ischaemia reperfusion; Pentoxifylline; Rat; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939892580     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-014-1941-7     Document Type: Article

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