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Robert B Diller1, Aaron J Tabor1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA.

Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland)
|July 27, 2022
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Keywords:
collagendermal mimicsextracellular matrix (ECM)fibroblast(s)first-intention healingfull-thickness woundgranulationhemostasisinflammationproliferationsecond-intention healingtissue remodelingwound healing

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