Use of epidermal equivalents generated from follicular outer root sheath cells in vitro and for autologous grafting of chronic wounds

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 79-85

  Limat, Alain ^a,c   Hunziker, Thomas ^b  

^a Modex Therapeutiques   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Grafts; Leg ulcers; Organotypic cultures; Outer root sheath cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; HAIR FOLLICLE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LEG ULCER; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN ULCER; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHRONIC DISEASE; EPIDERMIS; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; SKIN ULCER; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0036440657     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000065615     Document Type: Article

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