WHERE there is a superficial wound in the skin, new epidermis covers the denuded area by migration from the hair follicles and sweat gland ducts within the wound and from the surface epidermis at ...
These cells proliferate and prepare the wound for "re-epithelialization." In this process, keratinocytes (a type of epithelial cell that makes a tough, insoluble protein called keratin ...
After 20 days wounds from some groups were subjected to histological analysis to establish the degree of epithelialization. Wounds treated with STSG contracted more than with artificial dermal ...