Cytokine mRNA changes during the treatment of hypertrophic scars with silicone and nonsilicone gel dressings

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 955-959

  Ricketts, Cecelia H ^a   Martin, Louise ^a   Faria, Duyen T ^a   Saed, Ghassan M ^a   Fivenson, David P ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CYTOKINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; SILASTIC; SILICONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROGEL; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030425473     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00640.x     Document Type: Article

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