Keloid Scarring: Understanding the Genetic Basis, Advances, and Prospects

Keloid disease is a fibroproliferative dermal tumor with an unknown etiology that occurs after a skin injury in genetically susceptible individuals. Increased familial aggregation, a higher prevalence in certain races, parallelism in identical twins, and alteration in gene expression all favor a...

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Main Authors: Halim, Ahmad Sukari, Emami, Azadeh, Salahshourifar, Iman, Kannan, Thirumulu Ponnuraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons 2012
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/43871/
http://eprints.usm.my/43871/1/aps-39-184.pdf