Study of microvascular structure in keloid and hypertrophic scars: Density of microvessels and the efficacy of three-dimensional vascular imaging

Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 272-277

  Kurokawa, Norifumi ^a   Ueda, Koichi ^a   Tsuji, Motomu ^b  

^a OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

blood supply; capillary; hypertrophic scar; Keloid; three dimensional image

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KELOID; MALE; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSCOPIC ANGIOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951800791     PISSN: 2000656X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/2000656X.2010.532923     Document Type: Article

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