Evaluation of single versus multiple cryogen spray cooling spurts on in vitro model human skin

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 80-86

  Tuqan, Alia T ^a   Kelly, Kristen M ^a,b   Aguilar, Guillermo ^a,c   Ramirez San Juan, Julio C ^a,e   Sun, Chung Ho ^a   Cassarino, David ^b   Derienzo, Damian ^b   Barr, Ronald J ^b   Nelson, J Stuart ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Riverside   (United States)

^d University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cryogen spray cooling; Histology; Injury; RAFT tissue culture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOLING; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; EVALUATION; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; TISSUE CULTURE;

APOPTOSIS; BIOPSY; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYOTHERAPY; EPIDERMIS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 26244458403     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-005-0345-y     Document Type: Article

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