Laser skin resurfacing using a frequency doubled Nd:YAG laser after topical application of an exogenous chromophore

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-50

  Sumian, Chryslain C ^a,b   Pitre, Franck B ^a   Gauthier, Béatrice E ^a   Bouclier, Martine ^a   Mordon, Serge R ^b  

^a Galderma R and D   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

'carbon; Dermal coagulation; Epidermis ablation; Rat; Skin resurfacing; Thermal injury

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANGIODYSPLASIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CHROMATOPHORE; HEAT TRANSFER; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RAT; SKIN SURGERY; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; CARBON; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; RADIATION DOSAGE; RATS; RATS, NUDE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 0032770206     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:1<43::AID-LSM6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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