The use of laser doppler imaging as a predictor of burn depth and hypertrophic scar postburn injury

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 764-771

  Stewart, Tara Lynn ^a   Ball, Brandon ^a   Schembri, Paul J ^a   Hori, Keijiro ^a   Ding, Jie ^a   Shankowsky, Heather A ^a   Tredget, Edward E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 47; LYMPHOCYTE SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1; PROCOLLAGEN C PROTEINASE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; THICKNESS; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; HSP47 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LASER-DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84870349315     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318257db36     Document Type: Article

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