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Figure 4. Wound histology and re-epithelialization. White arrows demarcate wound margins. Black boxes on low power (A,C,E) indicate the region shown in the right panels. (A) Partially re-epithelialized dermal wound 24 hrs after injury. (B) The boxed region shows the advancing edge of the epithelium (yellow arrow). (C,D) Fully re-epithelialized dermal wound at 60 hrs post-injury, at 10x and 20x, respectively. (E,F) The oral mucosal wound shows complete re-epithelialization by 24 hrs after injury, 10x and 20x, respectively.
