Healing rate as a prognostic indicator of complete healing: A reappraisal

Wounds

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 71-76

  Donohue, Kevin ^a   Falanga, Vincent ^a,b  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MIGRATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LABORATORY AUTOMATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037361019     PISSN: 10447946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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