Non-ablative 1,450-nm diode laser treatment of striae distensae

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-199

  Tay, Yong Kwang ^a   Kwok, Colin ^a   Tan, Eileen ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian patients; Diode laser; Striae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; DEVICE; DIODE LASER; DYNAMIC COOLING DEVICE; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMETER; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STRIA; STRIAE ALBA; STRIAE DISTENSAE; STRIAE RUBRA;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CICATRIX; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645671243     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20281     Document Type: Article

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