Comparison of a silicone gel-filled cushion and silicon gel sheeting for the treatment of hypertrophic or keloid scars

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 484-486

  Berman, Brian ^a   Flores, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GEL; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 0033003509     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08292.x     Document Type: Article

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