Comparison of a 1450-nm Diode Laser and a 1320-nm Nd:YAG Laser in the Treatment of Atrophic Facial Scars: A Prospective Clinical and Histologic Study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 152-157

  Tanzi, Elizabeth L ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIODE LASER; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCAR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; CICATRIX; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542378407     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30078.x     Document Type: Article

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