Combined CO2/Erbium:YAG laser resurfacing of peri-oral rhytides and side-by-side comparison with carbon dioxide laser alone

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-293

  McDaniel, D H ^a   Lord, J ^a   Ash, K ^a   Newman, J ^a   Fitzpatrick, R ^a  

^a Laser Skin & Vein Center of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOIC ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERBIUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER LIP; WOUND HEALING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIP; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0032586323     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08162.x     Document Type: Article

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