Consequences of excessive scar formation: Dealing with the problem and aiming for the future

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Greenhalgh, David G ^a,b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE GEL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIAMCINOLONE;

APOPTOSIS; BURN; EPITHELIZATION; FIBROBLAST; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMPLANT; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KELOID; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE REGENERATION; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

BURNS; CICATRIX; HUMANS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548138983     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2007.00220.x     Document Type: Review

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