Fibrin/platelet plug counteracts cutaneous wound contraction: The hypothesis of "skipping stone"

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-32

  Farahani, Ramin Mostofi Zadeh ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPITHELIZATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FIBRIN CLOT; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INJURY; SKIN SCAR; STRESS; THROMBOCYTE; WOUND CONTRACTION; WOUND HEALING;

BLOOD COAGULATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; CICATRIX; FIBRIN; HUMANS; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; SKIN; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

MUS;

EID: 34247576177     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2006.10.063     Document Type: Article

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