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Linear skin wounds in guinea pigs exposed to low-intensity (5 mW/cm2) microwaves healed by first intention faster than in unirradiated animals. The postoperative scar was stronger (more than 1.5 times). In the irradiated animals on the third day after the operation regeneration of the epithelium was stimulated and granulation tissue developed intensively in the lower parts. The rate of synthesis of proteins, including collagen, in the wound was observed later. On the 7th–9th day, young connective tissue formed in the place of the granulation tissue, and it was more mature than in the unirradiated animals.
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Translated from Byulleten' Éksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny, Vol. 80, No. 8, pp. 116–118, August, 1975.
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Shaposhnikov, Y.G., Yares'ko, I.F. & Vernigora, Y.V. Histomorphological study of wound regeneration in animals following long-term exposure to low-intensity microwaves. Bull Exp Biol Med 80, 988–990 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00789289
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00789289