Scar quality and physiologic barrier function restoration after moist and moist-exposed dressings of partial-thickness wounds

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-20

  Atiyeh, Bishara S ^a   El Musa, Kusai A ^a   Dham, Ruwayda ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Drug Research Center   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; JULPHAR; POLYURETHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HEALING; HUMAN; MOISTURE; OINTMENT; PARTIAL THICKNESS WOUND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN WATER LOSS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND; WOUND DRESSING;

EID: 0037244040     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29002.x     Document Type: Article

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