Effectiveness of mugwort lotion for the treatment of post-burn hypertrophic scars

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 210-212

  Ogawa, Rei ^a   Hyakusoku, Hiko ^a   Ogawa, Kano ^b   Nakao, Chiyomi ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMISIA VULGARIS EXTRACT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA YOMOGI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; MALE; POST BURN HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SKIN TEST; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPRURITICS; ARTEMISIA; BURNS; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYTOTHERAPY; PLANT EXTRACTS; PRURITUS;

EID: 38349053175     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2007.10.032     Document Type: Letter

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