Fractional resurfacing

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 480-486

  Tannous, Zeina ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHLOASMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LENTIGO; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN COLOR; SKIN IRRITATION; SUNBURN; THERMAL INJURY; TISSUE REPAIR; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WRINKLE; YAG LASER;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34548542455     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.05.007     Document Type: Article

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