Encyclopedia of Immunotoxicology

2016 Edition
| Editors: Hans-Werner Vohr

Fibrosis

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-54596-2_200572

The formation of fibrous tissue, which is tissue at a wound site that is initially vascularized but later becomes avascular and dominated by collagen.

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