title: Ageing and wounds. Part 1: Foetal and postnatal healing.
abstract: The first in a two-part series of reviews outlines the physiology of wound healing in the normal adult and discusses how it differs from that of the foetus.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Repair Research Unit, United Medical School of Guy's Hospital, London.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances