Three-Dimensional Hyaluronic Acid Grafts Promote Healing and Reduce Scar Formation in Skin Incision Wounds

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research - Part B Applied Biomaterials

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 586-592

  Hu, Min ^a,b,d   Sabelman, Eric E ^a,b   Cao, Yang ^b   Chang, James ^a,c   Hentz, Vincent R ^a,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Rehabilitation R and D Center   (United States)

^c VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracellular matrix; Hyaluronic acid; Scar; TGF beta; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DERMATOLOGY; FETAL MONITORING; SKIN; TISSUE;

HEALING;

GRAFTS;

HYALURONIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; KERATINOCYTE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN INCISION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0345169054     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.20001     Document Type: Article

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