Vitamin E for treating children's scars: Does it help reduce scarring?

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 855-856

  Khoosal, Dipen ^a   Goldman, Ran D ^a  

^a PRETx Program   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; EMOLLIENT AGENT; SILICON;

APPLICATION SITE ECZEMA; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; DRUG MECHANISM; ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATION; LACERATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SCAR; SCAR FORMATION; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURGICAL WOUND; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTIOXIDANTS; CHILD; CICATRIX; HUMANS; VITAMIN E;

EID: 33748808069     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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