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Full thickness skin wounds in scorbutic guinea pigs contract at same rate during the first 2 weeks of healing as do those in normal animals. There appears to be a delay in initiation of contraction. Significance of these observations is discussed.
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Grillo et al. (1959) studied this question.
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