Optical coherence tomography: A reliable alternative to invasive histological assessment of acute wound healing in human skin?

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 840-850

  Greaves, N S ^a,b   Benatar, B ^c   Whiteside, S ^b   Alonso Rasgado, T ^c   Baguneid, M ^b   Bayat, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b WYTHENSHAWE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNINE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN STRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING; ANGIOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; INFLAMMATION; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN;

ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; SKIN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84905444326     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12786     Document Type: Article

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