Functional analyses of the stratum corneum in scars: Sequential studies after injury and comparison among keloids, hypertrophic scars, and atrophic scars

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1453-1458

  Suetake, Takaki ^a   Sasai, Shu ^a   Zhen, Ya Xian ^a   Ohi, Tomonori ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTOMETRY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN WATER LOSS; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; STRATUM CORNEUM; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030461568     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.132.12.1453     Document Type: Article

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