Silver staining of nucleolar organizer regions in keloid scars.
1997
N Miyata, and
M Ghazizadeh, and
K Arai
UI
MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D007627
Keloid
A sharply elevated, irregularly shaped, progressively enlarging scar resulting from formation of excessive amounts of collagen in the dermis during connective tissue repair. It is differentiated from a hypertrophic scar (CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC) in that the former does not spread to surrounding tissues.
Keloids
D009697
Nucleolus Organizer Region
The chromosome region which is active in nucleolus formation and which functions in the synthesis of ribosomal RNA.