Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars: Update and Future Directions

Summary: The development of cutaneous pathological scars, namely, hypertrophic scars (HSs) and keloids, involves complex pathways, and the exact mechanisms by which they are initiated, evolved, and regulated remain to be fully elucidated. The generally held concepts that keloids and HSs represent “a...

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Main Authors: Chenyu Huang, MD, PhD, George F. Murphy, MD, PhD, Satoshi Akaishi, MD, PhD, Rei Ogawa, MD, PhD, FACS
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2013-07-01
Series:Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Open
Online Access:http://journals.lww.com/prsgo/Fulltext/2013/07000/Article.5.aspx