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Zuanassi Macari,Marcelo; Misael Cavenaghi,Fabiano; Chinali Komesu,Marilena; Orive Lunardi,Laurelúcia; Sala,Miguel Angel; Novaes Júnior,Arthur Belém; Grisi,Márcio Fernando de Moraes; Taba Júnior,Mário; Scombatti de Souza,Sérgio Luiz. |
Undernutrition in early life is associated with a number of acute and chronic sequelae, and recovering is a controversial issue. Even if undernutrition in Brazil is declining, studies have shown that about 31% of brazilian children still present severe or moderate malnutrition. The present study goal was to induce early malnutrition in rats and observe short- (undernourished) and long-term (after recovered) effects on defense cells involved in wound healing. Undernutrition was produced by separating the pups from the mother for 10 hours/day during the suckling period (21 days after birth). As controls were used rats at same age not submitted to suckling restriction. Undernutrition and recovering states were assessed by body weight. Skin wounds were made on... |
Tipo: Journal article |
Palavras-chave: Undernourishment; Wound healing; Defense cells. |
Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-95022005000100005 |
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