Potential therapeutic use of relaxin in accelerating closure of cranial bone defects in mice
Abstract Bone fractures are associated with considerable morbidity and increased mortality. A major limitation to healing is lack of bone blood flow, which is impaired by physical disruption of intraskeletal and/or periosteal vasculature by the fracture. Thus, pharmacological interventions are neede...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2019-06-01
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Series: | Physiological Reports |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14106 |