Scar formation after skin injury to the human foetus in utero or the premature neonate

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 6-11

  Morrison, W A ^a   Hurley, J V ^a   Ahmad, T Sarah ^a   Webster, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Human foetal scarring; Neonatal scarring; Scar

Indexed keywords

GLUCONATE CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL INJURY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032999760     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/bjps.1998.3009     Document Type: Article

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