Growth factors as wound healing agents
โ Scribed by Martin C. Robson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 525 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0958-1669
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โฆ Synopsis
Wound healing can no longer be considered a generic term: it is the summation of a complex series of processes beginning with coagulation and ending in remodelling. This review, therefore, summarizes the past year's advances in growth factor research according to the roles of the individual growth factors in the specific processes of the wound healing scheme.
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