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Skin Wound Healing

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Wound healing is a process that consists of hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and maturation following acute wounds. These processes are disrupted and the inflammation phase is extended in chronic wounds. Local, systemic, and external factors and microbial agents can alter these processes, the cells, and other factors. Hypertrophic scar, keloid, and contracture are complications of wound healing.

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  1. Dermatovenerological Clinic, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

    Tanja Planinšek Ručigaj

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  1. Department of Pathology, Univ of Rochester School of Med, Rochester, NY, USA

    Bruce Smoller

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    Nooshin Bagherani

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Ručigaj, T.P. (2020). Skin Wound Healing. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45134-3_8-1

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