Treatment of striae rubra and striae alba with the 585-nm pulsed-dye laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 362-365

  Jiménez, Gloria P ^a   Flores, Fancisco ^a   Berman, Brian ^a   Gunja Smith, Zeenat ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; HYDROXYPROLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY WEIGHT; ERYTHEMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; STRIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SKIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0345269801     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2003.29086.x     Document Type: Article

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