title: Tympanic membrane regeneration and growth factors.
abstract: Recent experiments have shown the healing potential of growth factors in tissue repair. Epidermal interference and fibroblast growth factors in the healing of acute and chronic tympanic membrane perforations are reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U 254, CHU Montpellier, Hôpital Saint-Charles, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mondain
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Uziel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000502:physiology; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000502:physiology; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D012038:Regeneration; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor