Effect of protein depletion on skin graft "take" in rats.
Protein malnutrition, with reduction of serum albumin from a normal level of 3.3 gm/dl to a 6-week depleted value of 2.1 gm/dl, does not appear to adversely affect the "take" of rat full-thickness skin grafts.
D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000503:physiopathology*; D051381:Rats; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous