Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2007

Abnormal wound healing: keloids

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PII: S0738-081X(06)00140-4

doi: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2006.09.009

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 25, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2007