Therapeutic improvement of scarring: Mechanisms of scarless and scar-forming healing and approaches to the discovery of new treatments

Dermatology Research and Practice

Volumn 2010, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Occleston, Nick L ^a   Metcalfe, Anthony D ^a   Boanas, Adam ^a   Burgoyne, Nicholas J ^a   Nield, Kerry ^a   O'Kane, Sharon ^a   Ferguson, Mark W J ^a  

^a Renovo Group Plc   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79959376209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16876113     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/405262     Document Type: Review

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