Platelet-rich plasma for immature post-traumatic scars and early keloids: A scoping review

Virgilio Blandón; Alessandro Alvarado; Miguel Borge; Erick Correa; Taylys Leyton; Sofia Gonzalez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0345754

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Platelet-rich plasma for immature post-traumatic scars and early keloids: A scoping review

Virgilio Blandón ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: virgilio.blandon@uamv.edu.ni

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Universidad Americana (UAM), Managua, Nicaragua

https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0422-8515

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Alessandro Alvarado ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Alvarado, Miguel Borge, Erick Correa, Taylys Leyton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidad Americana (UAM), Managua, Nicaragua

https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2645-5197

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Miguel Borge ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Alvarado, Miguel Borge, Erick Correa, Taylys Leyton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas y Enfermería “Dr. Julio Briceño Dávila”, Managua, Nicaragua

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0623-5384

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Erick Correa ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Alvarado, Miguel Borge, Erick Correa, Taylys Leyton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas y Enfermería “Dr. Julio Briceño Dávila”, Managua, Nicaragua
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Taylys Leyton ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Alessandro Alvarado, Miguel Borge, Erick Correa, Taylys Leyton

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidad Americana (UAM), Managua, Nicaragua
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Sofia Gonzalez

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation School of Medicine, Universidad Americana (UAM), Managua, Nicaragua

https://orcid.org/0009-0008-5357-9585

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Platelet-rich plasma for immature post-traumatic scars and early keloids: A scoping review

Virgilio Blandón,
Alessandro Alvarado,
Miguel Borge,
Erick Correa,
Taylys Leyton,
Sofia Gonzalez

Published: April 6, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0345754

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