Positional differences in the wound tran
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Lin Chen; Zarema H Arbieva; Shujuan Guo; Phillip T Marucha; Thomas A Mustoe; Lui
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Article
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2010
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background When compared to skin, oral mucosal wounds heal rapidly and with reduced scar formation. Recent studies suggest that intrinsic differences in inflammation, growth factor production, levels of stem cells, and cellular proliferation capacity may underlie the exceptional healing that occ