The management of postacne scarring

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1175-1188

  Goodman, Greg J ^a   Baron, Jennifer A ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZELAIC ACID; BLEOMYCIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN IMPLANT; CORTICOSTEROID; FLUOROURACIL; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; IMIQUIMOD; KOJIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; VERAPAMIL;

ACNE; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DIATHERMY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FINE NEEDLE DIATHERMY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; KELOID; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SCAR; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NEEDLING; SKIN RESURFACING; SUBCISION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TECHNIQUE; TOPICAL TREATMENT;

ACNE VULGARIS; CICATRIX; FACE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; SCALP; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34848916405     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33252.x     Document Type: Article

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