Affiliations 

  • 1 From the *Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; †Keloid Research Foundation, New York, NY; and ‡Reconstructive Sciences Unit, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kelantan, Malaysia
Ann Plast Surg, 2015 Feb;74(2):248-51.
PMID: 24681623 DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3182a2b537

Abstract

There is strong evidence of genetic susceptibility in individuals with keloid disorder. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to determine the clinical relevance of our proposed variables on the multiplicity of keloids by further investigating the presence of other keloids and a family history.

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