Keloid disease: Clinical relevance of single versus multiple site scars

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-37

  Bayat, Ardeshir ^b,c   Arscott, G ^a   Ollier, W E R ^c   Mc Grouther, D A ^b   Ferguson, M W J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomical site specific scars; Family history; Heterogeneity; Keloid disease; Multiple site scars; Single site scars; Skin scarring

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; JAMAICA; KELOID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 11844289625     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2004.04.024     Document Type: Article

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