Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volume 5, Issue 1 (Jan/Mar) 1997

Editorial

Richard A.F. Clark, MD
Page 2

Perspective article

Hereditary disorders of connective tissue: a review

Carrie C. Klett, MS, MD;Robert F. Diegelmann, PhD
Pages 3-11
The Wound Healing Center, 1101 East Marshall Street, MCV Box 980117, Richmond, VA 23298-0117

Clinical Perspective article

The role of growth factors in the healing of chronic wounds

Martin C. Robson, MD
Pages 12-7
Surgical Service, Bay Pines VA Medical Center, 10,000 Bay Pines Blvd., Bay Pines, FL 33504

Original articles

Low-frequency ultrasound treatment of chronic venous ulcers

Michael Weichenthal, MD; Peter Mohr, MD; W. Stegmann, MD; Eckhard W. Breitbart, MD
Pages 18-22
Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg, Dermatologische Abteilung, Lohmühlenstr. 5, 20099 Hamburg, Germany

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Ability of chronic wound fluids to degrade peptide growth factors is associated with increased levels of elastase activity and diminished levels of proteinase inhibitors

Dorne R. Yager, PhD; Stephen M. Chen, BS; Susan Ward, BS; Oluyinka O. Olutoye, MD, PhD; Robert F. Diegelmann, PhD; I. Kelman Cohen, MD
Pages 23-32
The Wound Healing Center, P.O. Box 980117, Richmond, VA 23298-0117

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Hyaluronan: a potential carrier for growth factors for the healing of ligamentous tissues

Shannon M. Berry, MD; Melvin H. Green, PhD; David Amiel, PhD
Pages 33-8
Department of Orthopedics, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, Dept. 0630, La Jolla, CA 92093-0630

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Mammalian wound repair environment is not permissive for skeletal muscle regeneration

Raymond E. Sicard, PhD; Linh M.P. Nguyen, BS; Jonathan D. Witzke, BA
Pages 39-46
Department of Surgery, Box 120 UMHC, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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Transition from fetal to adult repair occurring in mouse forelimbs maintained in organ culture

Vikas Chopra, MD; Christopher J. Blewett, MD; H. Paul Ehrlich, PhD; Thomas M. Krummel, MD
Pages 47-51
Division of Pediatric Surgery, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, P.O. 850, Hershey, PA 17033

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Comparisons of wound healing among excisional, laser-created, and standard thermal burns in porcine wounds of equal depth

Christopher J. Schaffer, MD; Lou Reinisch, PhD; Sharon L. Polis, RN, MS; George P. Stricklin, MD, PhD; Lillian B. Nanney, PhD
Pages 52-61
Plastic Surgery Research Labs, S-2221 MCN, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232

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Rate of tendon gap closure in an in vitro collagen gel matrix

George W. Dombi, PhD; Pingyang Yu, MD; Anna M. Ledgerwood, MD; Charles E. Lucas, MD
Pages 62-8
3104 Skylark Drive, Austin, TX 78757

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In vitro analysis of adhesion molecule expression and gel contraction of human granulation fibroblasts

J. Bernhard Petri, PhD, PhD; Anja Saalbach, PhD; Bettina Haupt; Matthias Pierer; Uwe-Frithjof Haustein, MD; Konrad Herrmann, MD
Pages 69-76
Hautklinik, Universitauml;t Leipzig, Liebigstr. 21, D-04103 Leipzig, Germany

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Reversal of the wound healing deficit in diabetic rats by combined basic fibroblast growth factor and transforming growth factor-ß1 therapy

Jeffrey M. Davidson, PhD; Kenneth N. Broadley, PhD; Daniela Quaglino, Jr., PhD
Pages 77-88
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 21st and Garland Streets, C-3321 MCN, Nashville, TN 37232-2561

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Postsurgical intraperitoneal exposure to glove powders modulates inflammatory and immune-related cytokine production

Hui Rong, MD; Xin-Min Tang, MD; Yong Zhao, MD; Subhash C. Juneja, PhD; Margaret F. Fay, PhD; R. Stan Williams, MD; Nasser Chegini, PhD
Pages 89-96
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Florida, Box 100294, Gainesville, FL 32610

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Abstracts

Seventh Annual Scientific Meeting of The Wound Healing Society

Opryland Hotel, Nashville, Tennesee
June 12-15, 1997

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