585-nm pulsed dye laser in the treatment of surgical scars starting on the suture removal day

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-73

  Nouri, Keyvan ^a,b   Jimenez, Gloria P ^a   Harrison Balestra, Catherine ^a   Elgart, George W ^a   Chan, Henry ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUTURE REMOVAL; VASCULARIZATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037243191     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29014.x     Document Type: Article

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