Lasers for scars: A review

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-22

  Nouri, Keyvan ^a   Vidulich, Kelley ^a   Rivas, Maria Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophic scars; Dermatology; Hypertrophic scars; Keloids; Lasers; Scars

Indexed keywords

ARGON; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERBIUM; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; INTERFERON; ISOTRETINOIN; LIDOCAINE; NEODYMIUM; RETINOIC ACID; SILICONE GEL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACNE; ARGON LASER; BURN SCAR; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; ECTROPION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INJECTION PAIN; KELOID; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MASSAGE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUBLISHING; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SCAR; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATROPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS;

EID: 33645552895     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2006.00217.x     Document Type: Review

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