Control of hypertrophic scar growth using selective photothermolysis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-12

  Reiken, Steven R ^a   Wolfort, Sean F ^a   Berthiaume, Francois ^a   Compton, Carolyn ^a   Tompkins, Ronald G ^a   Yarmush, Martin L ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Shriners Burns Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrophic scar; Microvasculature; Pulsed dye laser

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; IMPLANT; LASER SURGERY; MICROVASCULATURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; PULSED DYE LASER; TISSUE GROWTH;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; MICE; MICE, NUDE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0030849682     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:1<7::AID-LSM2>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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