Adaptation of the dermal collagen structure of human skin and scar tissue in response to stretch: An experimental study

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 658-666

  Verhaegen, Pauline D ^a,b,c,d   Schouten, Hennie J ^b   Tigchelaar Gutter, Wikky ^c   Van Marle, Jan ^c   Van Noorden, Cornelis J ^c   Middelkoop, Esther ^a,b,d   Van Zuijlen, Paul P ^a,b,c,d  

^a ASSOCIATION OF DUTCH BURN CENTRES   (Netherlands)

^b RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN ORIENTATION INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; ELASTIC FIBER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN; SPLINTING; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; DERMIS; ELASTIN; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TISSUE EXPANSION; TISSUE EXPANSION DEVICES; WOUND HEALING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866521191     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: 1524475X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-475X.2012.00827.x     Document Type: Article

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