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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 11.
Published in final edited form as: Expert Rev Mol Med. 2009 Jan 13;11:e2. doi: 10.1017/S1462399409000945

Fig 1. Overview of diabetic wound healing.

Fig 1

Diabetes leads to neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease and chronic low grade inflammation, both systemically and peripherally. Neuropathy and chronic low grade inflammation together blunt the acute focused inflammatory response to injury and together with peripheral vascular disease lead to impaired wound healing.