Surgical treatment of pseudosyndactyly of the hand in epidermolysis bullosa: Histological analysis of an acellular allograft dermal matrix

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 379-385

  Witt, Peter D ^a,b   Cheng, Christine J ^a   Mallory, Susan B ^a   Lind, Anne C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLISTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOARCHITECTURE; DERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SYNDACTYLY;

CHILD; CONTRACTURE; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMOLYSIS BULLOSA DYSTROPHICA; HAND; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0032829377     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199910000-00006     Document Type: Article

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