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. 1976 Apr;52(606):219-21.
doi: 10.1136/pgmj.52.606.219.

Scanning electronmicroscopy of hypertrophic and keloid scar

J V Kemble

Scanning electronmicroscopy of hypertrophic and keloid scar

J V Kemble. Postgrad Med J. 1976 Apr.

Abstract

The scanning electronmicroscopic appearances of hypertrophic and keloid scar before and after treatment, mature scar and normal skin have been investigated. There is a graduation of features such as collagen orientation and fibre size which accompanies the clinical maturation from the active hypertrophic state into mature scar, a process which is hastened but not materially altered by treatment with steroid or compression-occlusion.

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