Skin, fascias, and scars: Symptoms and systemic connections

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 7, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-24

  Bordoni, Bruno ^a   Zanier, Emiliano ^b  

^a S Maria Nascente Don Carlo Gnocchi Foundation   (Italy)

^b EdiAcademy   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fascia; Osteopathic; Scar; Scarring; Skin

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANKLE INJURY; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELBOW INJURY; FASCIA; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN FUNCTION; SPINE SURGERY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

EID: 84891710159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S52870     Document Type: Note

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