A method for producing chronic radiation injury in rodent skin.
A device and method for creating reproducible radiation injury to skin in rodents are described. Application of this method to the study of altered skin flap circulation in an irradiated field is also described.
D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D012867:Skin / Q000528:radiation effects*