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Trattamento delle radiodermiti della spalla: tecniche tradizionali versus chirurgia rigenerativa
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Isolation method for a stem cell population with neural potential from skin and adipose tissue in the perspective of peripheral nerve reconstruction
No full textTherapeutic effects of pregnancy on a chronic skin ulcer.
Full text linkObjectives: Sex hormones strongly influence skin physiology and evidences suggest wound healing as well. Estrogens establish a prohealing setting, and androgens play an antagonist role. Methods and Results:We present the case of a young woman in whom pregnancy with its associated hormonal shifts allowed the spontaneous healing of a chronic wound on the left leg with bone exposure, which had followed a car accident and
had resisted medical and surgical treatments for 5 years. Discussion: Systemic or topical estrogens may offer alternative options in the therapy of chronic wounds, in particular in the elderly adults who have physiologically reduced estrogens levels
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