Perceived Stress and Surgical Wound Cytokine Patterns

Normal wound healing is a complex process that occurs in overlapping phases and depends upon interactions of the patient, environment and a large number of cells, growth factors, cytokines, chemokines, and other biochemical mediators. Psychological stress has been shown to adversely affect the norm...

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Main Author: Lucas, Valentina
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2012
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2937
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3936&context=etd