Mechanobiology and force transduction in scars developed in darker skin types

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 279-282

  Quatresooz, Pascale ^a   Hermanns, Jean Francois ^a   Paquet, Philippe ^a   Piérard, Gérald E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CHU SART TILMAN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dermoscopy; Mechanical force; Mechanobiology; Melanocyte; Scar

Indexed keywords

ATROPHIC SURGICAL SCARS; DERMOSCOPY; FORCE TRANSDUCTION; HONEYCOMB NETWORK; HYPERTROPHIC SURGICAL SCARS; MECHANOBIOLOGY; RESONANCE RUNNING TIME MEASUREMENTS; ULTRASOUND SHEAR WAVE PROPAGATION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DERMATOLOGY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE TENSION; ULTRASONIC TRANSDUCERS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

SKIN;

MELANIN;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIDERMIS; EPILUMINESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MELANOGENESIS; SCAR FORMATION; SHEAR STRESS; SKIN COLOR; SKIN EXAMINATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; TRUNK; VISCOMETRY;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; ATROPHY; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DERMOSCOPY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 33749481624     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-752X.2006.00165.x     Document Type: Article

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