Negatively charged static electricity stimulation as a possible mechanism for enhancing the involution of hypertrophic and keloid scars

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-215

  Har Shai, Yaron ^a,b   Lindenbaum, Ella ^a   Tendler, Mark ^a   Gamliel Lazarovich, Aviva ^a   Feitelberg, Lev ^a   Hirshowitz, Bernard ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE DERIVATIVE; SILICONE GEL; SILICONE OIL;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CLINICAL TRIALS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; MALE; SILICONE GELS; SILICONE OILS; SILICONES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033223539     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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