Creep vs. stretch: A review of the viscoelastic properties of skin

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 215-219

  Wilhelmi, Brad J ^b   Blackwell, Steven J ^b   Mancoll, John S ^b   Phillips, Linda G ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN; COLLAGEN FIBER; DERMATAN; HYALURONIC ACID; KERATIN;

ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; FIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN FUNCTION; STRETCHING; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE EXPANSION; VISCOELASTICITY; WOUND CLOSURE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE EXPANSION;

EID: 0031880857     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199808000-00019     Document Type: Article

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