Other investigations were normal, including chest x-ray, cerebrosp.nal fluid, tests of thyroid function, intravenous pyelogram, urinary keto-, and hydroxysteroids, urinary aldosterone and plasma cortisol levels. Urine electrolyte excretion was at all times within normal limits. There was no myoglobinuria, but this test was not done until two weeks after admission to hospital. Muscle biopsy (lef...

The scanning electronmicroscopic appearances of hypertrophic and keloid scar before and after treatment, mature scar and normal skin have been investigated. There is a graduation of features such as collagen orientation and fibre size which accompanies the clinical maturation from the active hypertrophic state into mature scar, a process which is hastened but not materially altered by treatment...