Ultraviolet exposure influences laser-induced wounds, scars, and hyperpigmentation: A murine study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1315-1322

  Hædersdal, Merete ^a   Bech Thomsen, Niels ^b   Poulsen, Thomas ^b   Wulf, Hans Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FIBROSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031896637     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804010-00024     Document Type: Article

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