The proteolytic environment of chronic wounds
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Wound Repair and Regeneration
- Vol. 7 (6) , 433-441
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1524-475x.1999.00433.x
Abstract
A consistent feature of chronic leg and pressure ulcers is chronic inflammation associated with an elevated infiltration of neutrophils. Neutrophils and their proteases have been implicated in mediat...Keywords
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