Keloid: A case report and review of pathophysiology and differences between keloid and hypertrophic scars

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 116-120

  Hunasgi, Santosh ^a   Koneru, Anila ^a   Vanishree, M ^a   Shamala, Ravikumar ^a  

^a Navodaya Dental College ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Ear lobe; fibrogenic response; glassy collagen; hypertrophic scars; keloid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877733396     PISSN: 0973029X     EISSN: 1998393X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-029X.110701     Document Type: Article

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