A pilot randomized control trial of scar repigmentation with UV light and dry tattooing

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 769-774

  Brandt, Michael G ^a   Moore, Corey C ^a   Conlin, Anne E ^b   Stein, John D ^a   Doyle, Philip C ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TATTOOING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 56549099448     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2008.08.020     Document Type: Article

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