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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Exp Med Biol. 2012;946:55–68. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-0106-3_4

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

The phases of wound healing and repair. Though depicted as linear, the stages of wound healing are overlapping. Chronic wounds are often characterized by a persistent inflammatory phase.