Comparison of two high-energy, pulsed carbon dioxide lasers in the treatment of periorbital rhytides

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 541-545

  Alster, Tina S ^a,b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEILITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSACEA; SKIN ULCER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYELID; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHYTIDOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029665489     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00371.x     Document Type: Article

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