Contraction and myofibroblasts in restored skin

Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-155

  Gomez, David S ^a,b   Mariani, Urio ^a   Pinto, Walter S ^a   Gemperli, Rolf ^a   Ferreira, Marcus C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anti human alpha smooth muscle actin antibody; Contraction; Immunoperoxidase; Light microscopy; Myofibroblasts; Restored skin; Split skin graft donor sites

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ANTIBODY; PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR SITE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; SKIN GRAFT; WOUND HEALING;

CELL COUNT; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031800957     PISSN: 02844311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02844319850158769     Document Type: Article

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