The effect of vitamin C on plasma volume in the early stage of sepsis in the rat

Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Bark, Björn P ^a   Grände, Per Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ascorbate; Ascorbic acid; Caecal ligation; Plasma volume; Sepsis; SIRS; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041622035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2197425X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2197-425X-2-11     Document Type: Article

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