The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 270-275 , August 2010

Intra-abdominal administration of bevacizumab diminishes intra-peritoneal adhesions

  • Dejan Ignjatovic

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vestfold Hospital, Tonsberg, Norway
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +47 33 34 20 00; fax: +47 33 34 39 45
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  • Kristine Aasland

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory Animal Unit, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Oslo, Norway
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  • Marianne Pettersen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vestfold Hospital, Tonsberg, Norway
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  • Stale Sund

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Forde Central Hospital, Forde, Norway
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  • Yin Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Vestfold Hospital, Tonsberg, Norway
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  • Milan Spasojevic

      Affiliations

    • Narvik Hospital, University North Norway, Narvik, Norway
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  • Jens Marius Nesgaard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Vestfold Hospital, Tonsberg, Norway

Received 25 February 2009 ,Revised 7 August 2009

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PII: S0002-9610(09)00779-X

doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2009.08.038

The American Journal of Surgery
Volume 200, Issue 2 , Pages 270-275 , August 2010

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