A histopathological comparison of "char-free" carbon dioxide lasers

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 343-348

  Kauvar, Arielle N B ^a,b   Waldorf, Heidi A ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHEMOSURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FULL THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VAPORIZATION;

BURNS; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MOHS SURGERY; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0029918404     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00328.x     Document Type: Article

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