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. 2012 Jun 4;10(4):441–454. doi: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2012.01003.x

Table 2.

Summary incidence table of mice skin lesions at various time intervals after single percutaneous exposure to sulphur mustard (SM) (5 or 10 mg/ kg)

Lesions Dose of SM Time in hours
0 1 3 6 12 24 48 72 168
Epidermal necrosis 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(4) 6/6(4) 6/6(4)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(4) 6/6(4) 6/6(4)
Vacuolation of basal cells 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 1/6(1) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(4) 6/6(4) 4/6(2) 4/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 3/6(1) 6/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(4) 6/6(4) 4/6(2) 4/6(2)
Necrosis of basal cells 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(1) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(3)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(4) 6/6(4)
Hyperplasia/ hypertrophy of basal cells 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 2/6(2) 4/6(2) 4/6(3) 4/6(3) 5/6(3) 5/6(3) 5/6(3) 6/6(3)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 3/6(2) 4/6(2) 4/6(3) 4/6(3) 4/6(3) 4/6(3) 5/6(3) 4/6(3)
Dermoepidermal separation 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 4/6(2) 4/6(2) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(1) 4/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(2) 6/6(3) 6/6(2) 6/6(2)
Re‐epithelialisation 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 5/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(2)
Oedema 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 3/6(2) 5/6(3) 5/6(3) 5/6(2) 4/6(1) 4/6(2) 2/6(1) 5/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 5/6(2) 5/6(4) 5/6(4) 5/6(3) 4/6(1) 4/6(2) 3/6(1) 5/6(2)
Transmigration of inflammatory cells 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 4/6(2) 5/6(3) 5/6(4) 5/6(4) 5/6(4) 5/6(3) 5/6(3) 4/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 5/6(2) 5/6(3) 5/6(4) 5/6(4) 5/6(4) 5/6(3) 4/6(2) 4/6(2)
Proliferation of fibroblast 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 4/6(2) 5/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(2) 3/6(2)
Collagen synthesis 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 4/6(1) 5/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(1) 3/6(2)
Adnexal atrophy 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 3/6(1) 3/6(2) 5/6(3) 5/6(3) 5/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 1/6(1) 4/6(2) 4/6(3) 5/6(3) 5/6(4) 5/6(3)
Hypertrophy/ hyperplasia of adnexal wall 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(2) 4/6(2) 5/6(3) 5/6(3) 4/6(3) 5/6(3)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 2/6(2) 5/6(2) 3/6(3) 3/6(3) 4/6(3) 4/6(3)
Vascular proliferation (neovascularization) 5 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 3/6(1) 5/6(2)
10 mg/kg 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 0/6(0) 3/6(1) 5/6(2)

Values in cell represents number of animals showing lesions/total number of animals (severity).