Skin contraction with pulsed CO2 and erbium:YAG laser

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 2255-2260

  Man, Daniel ^a,b   Man, Boris ^a   Plosker, Harvey ^a  

^a Aesthetic Plast Surg Laser Ctr   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN SURGERY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CARBON DIOXIDE; DERMIS; ELASTICITY; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; SKIN; SWINE;

EID: 0345580881     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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