Resurfacing of atrophic facial acne scars with a high-energy, pulsed carbon dioxide laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 151-155

  Alster, Tina S ^a,c   West, Tina B ^b  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030060819     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00497.x     Document Type: Article

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