Treatment of a mediastinoscopy-induced keloid with a pulsed light and heat energy device

Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 445-447

  Levenberg, Alex ^a  

^a Beit Ha'rofeem Plast Surgery Clinic   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; KELOID; LIGHT; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURFACE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 3142716721     PISSN: 10413766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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