Keloid scars are formed by polyclonal fibroblasts

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 605-608

  Chevray, Pierre M ^a,b   Manson, Paul N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KELOID; MONOCLONAL FIBROBLAST; POLYCLONAL ACTIVATION; POLYCLONAL FIBROBLAST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KELOID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 2542528647     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000099280.29831.6e     Document Type: Article

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