Confocal Microscopic Analysis of Scarless Repair in the Fetal Rat

    January 2002 in “ Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery ”
    Steven R. Beanes, Fei-Ya Hu, Chia Soo … Peter Lorenz
    Studysummary In this study, fetal rat wounds at gestational age 16 days healed without scar formation and resembled normal skin architecture, unlike those at 18 days which resulted in scarring and lack of hair follicles.
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    1. Animal Models for the Study of Fetal Tissue Repair Journal of Surgical Research · 1991