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Histological characteristics of HTS. The main histological characteristics of HTS include a thicker epidermis and dermis, lack of rete ridges in epidermis, hypervascularity, hypercellularity, atypical ECM, including loss of normal collagen fibril structure, as well as excessive amounts of collagen deposited. ECM, extracellular matrix. To see this illustration in color, the reader is referred to the web version of this article at www.liebertpub.com/wound
