Erbium:YAG laser skin resurfacing: A Pakistani experience

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 43-49

  Lodhi, Afzal ^a   Huzaira, Misbah ^b   Khatri, Khalil A ^c  

^a Skintronics   (Pakistan)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Skin and Laser Surgery Center New England   (United States)

Author keywords

Erbium:YAG laser; Resurfacing; Skin type IV

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ACYLEX; ROXITHROMYCIN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKENPOX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PAKISTAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN; SKIN SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038824168     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14764170305504     Document Type: Article

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