Advances in the modulation of cutaneous wound healing and scarring

BioDrugs

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 363-381

  Miller, Mary Clare ^a   Nanchahal, Jagdeep ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; BECAPLERMIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; FLUOROURACIL; GROWTH FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; STEROID;

BIOENGINEERING; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHRONIC WOUND; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECZEMA; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GRANULATION TISSUE; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KELOID; MODULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH INJURY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INJURY; TISSUE GRAFT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; URTICARIA; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 30344480251     PISSN: 11738804     EISSN: 11738804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00063030-200519060-00004     Document Type: Review

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