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[Some aspects of molecular bases of keloid formation].
Annales Academiae Medicae Stetinensis - 1 Jan 2011
Pastuszak-Gabinowska Magdalena, Peregud-Pogorzelski Jarosław, Łuksza Krzysztof, Sznelewski Piotr, Brodkiewicz Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
Keloid scarring, also known as keloid disease, is a benign, locally aggressive fibroproliferative scar overgrowth that expands with involvement of adjacent healthy skin. The pathogenesis of keloid disease has not been fully elucidated. In recent years, many reports have been published that unequivocally reveal genetic predispositions to keloid formation. Basing on the available literature, the authors present the...
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