Role of liquid nitrogen alone compared with combination of liquid nitrogen and intralesional triamcinolone acetonide in treatment of small keloids

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Sharma, Saurabh ^a,d   Bhanot, Ashish ^b   Kaur, Amarjit ^c   Dewan, Suraj Parkash ^c  

^a SRI GURU RAM DAS INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^c GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d New State Bank Colony   (India)

Author keywords

Cryosurgery; Keloid; Triamcinolone acetonide

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIQUID NITROGEN; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRYOSURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITROGEN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 36749056357     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2007.00344.x     Document Type: Article

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