An amorphous hydrogel enhances epithelialisation of wounds

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-122

  Agren M S ^a,b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Coloplast Research ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Cytokines; Topical therapy; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ALGINATE; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; POLOXAMER; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIZATION; GEL; HYDROGEL; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031976525     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598433449     Document Type: Article

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