Clinical aspects of full-thickness wound healing

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-48

  Rivera, Albert E ^a   Spencer, James M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUTURE MATERIAL; TISSUE ADHESIVE; WOUND HEALING PROMOTING AGENT;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN FLAP; SKIN GRAFT; SURGICAL WOUND; SUTURING METHOD; THICKNESS; WOUND CARE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND HEALING;

BANDAGES; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN ULCER; TISSUE ADHESIVES; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 33846589711     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.10.001     Document Type: Article

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