Combination of Surgery and Intralesional Verapamil Injection in the Treatment of the Keloid

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Copcu, Eray ^a   Sivrioglu, Nazan ^a   Oztan, Yucel ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASE; FIBRONECTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; VERAPAMIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN GRAFT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WOUND HEALING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TIME FACTORS; VERAPAMIL;

EID: 1642518264     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BCR.0000105097.36706.5D     Document Type: Article

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