Topical Putrescine (Fibrostat) in Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars: Phase II Study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Dolynchuk, Kenneth N ^a   Ziesmann, Manfred ^a   Serletti, Joseph M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIDERM; DRUG VEHICLE; DUODERM; PROTEIN GLUTAMINE GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; PUTRESCINE; TRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SKIN SURGERY; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; OINTMENTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUTRESCINE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0030060205     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199601000-00019     Document Type: Article

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