Treatment of keloids and hypertrophic scars using bleom

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 43-49

  Aggarwal, Himanshu ^a   Saxena, Anurag ^a   Lubana, Parvinder S ^a   Mathur, R K ^a   Jain, D K ^a  

^a MGM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bleomycin; Hypertrophic scars; Keloids

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LIVER TOXICITY; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PAIN; SKIN ULCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLEOMYCIN; CHILD; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CYTOTOXINS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRURITUS; RECURRENCE; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949097477     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2008.00360.x     Document Type: Article

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