Improvement of atrophic acne scars with a 1,320 nm Nd:YAG laser: Retrospective study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 9 II, 2005, Pages 1218-1222

  Bellew, Supriya G ^a   Lee, Catherine ^b   Weiss, Margaret A ^a,b   Weiss, Robert A ^a,b  

^a Skin and Vein Institute   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTOAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN ATROPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27744597908     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2005.31929     Document Type: Article

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