Is the treatment of keloid scars still a challenge in 2006?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 186-192

  De Lorenzi, Francesca ^a,b   Tielemans, Hanneke J P ^a   Van Der Hulst, René R W J ^a   Rhemrev, Rose ^a   Nieman, Fred H M ^a   Lutgens, Ludy C H W ^a   Boeckx, Willy D ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Keloid scar; Surgical excision

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KELOID; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 33846437462     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000237761.52586.f9     Document Type: Article

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