Biomechanical alterations in normal skin and hypertrophic scar after thermal injury

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 104-108

  McHugh, A A ^b   Fowlkes, B J ^b   Maevsky, E I ^b   Smith Jr , D J ^b   Rodriguez, J L ^b   Garner, Warren L ^a  

^a Trauma Burn Center   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; MALE; SCAR FORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; TECHNOLOGY; THERMAL INJURY; VELOCITY; WAVEFORM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICS; SKIN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030893003     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004630-199703000-00003     Document Type: Article

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