- Author
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Brown, S. O.
- Title
- Study of Burn and Would Healing in the Albino Rat Deficient in Vitamins and Other Essential Food Substances. Annual Report.
- Coporate
- Texas A&M Univ., College Station
- Report
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Annual Report; O. I. No. 87-55
July 1959
63 p.
- Contract
- DA-49-007-MD-597
- Keywords
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burns (injuries)
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rats
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burn treatment
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animals
- Abstract
- Decreased burn healing characterized by retarded epithelization, increased infections, and a thinner collagenous scar tissue was noted in rats fed vitamin A deficient diets; addition of methyl lineclate to the diet deterred these symptoms. Rats fed diets with less than 15% protein showed decreased healing of burn ulcers characterized by fibroblastic inactivity, sparcity of granulation tissue, and retarded epithelization. Diets with more than 15% protein produced healing approaching normal.