Comparative clinical trial of 2 carbon dioxide resurfacing lasers with varying pulse durations: 100 microseconds vs 1 millisecond

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1240-1246

  Duke, Daniella ^a   Khatri, Khalil ^a   Grevelink, Joop M ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DEFECT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031732332     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.10.1240     Document Type: Article

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