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Journal of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 47, 2013 - Issue 2
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Hyaluronic acid, an important factor in the wound healing properties of amniotic fluid: In vitro studies of re-epithelialisation in human skin wounds

Erika NymanLaboratory for Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Hospital of Linköping, Linköping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Fredrik HussLaboratory for Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Surgical Sciences, Plastic Surgery, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden
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Torbjörn NymanDepartment of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, University Hospital of Linköping, Linköping, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Johan JunkerLaboratory for Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden;Laboratory for Tissue Repair and Gene Therapy, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Gunnar KratzLaboratory for Experimental Plastic Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden;Department of Hand Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Burns, University Hospital of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden
Pages 89-92 | Accepted 03 Jul 2012, Published online: 29 Jan 2013

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