Poiseuille's law and large-bore needles: Insights into the delivery of corticosteroid injections in the treatment of keloids

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-168

  Chuang, Gary S ^a,b   Rogers, Gary S ^b   Zeltser, Ross ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; FLUID FLOW; INJECTION PAIN; KELOID; LAMINAR FLOW; LETTER; NEEDLE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POISEUILLES LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; NEEDLES; PAIN; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 45149131514     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.02.017     Document Type: Letter

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