Silicone gel sheets relieve pain and pruritus with clinical improvement of keloid: Possible target of mast cells

Journal of Dermatological Treatment

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-252

  Eishi, K ^a   Bae, S J ^a   Ogawa, F ^a   Hamasaki, Y ^a   Shimizu, K ^a   Katayama, I ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fas antigen; Keloid; Mast cell; Pain; Silicone gel sheeting

Indexed keywords

CICA CARE; FAS ANTIGEN; SILICONE GEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; MAST CELL; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KELOID; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PRURITUS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICONE GELS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0344873635     PISSN: 09546634     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09546630310016808     Document Type: Article

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