The safety and efficacy of fractional photothermolysis for the correction of striae distensae

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 857-861

  Mira, Stotland ^a   Chapas, Anne M ^a   Lori, Brightman ^a   Sean, Sukal ^a   Elizabeth, Hale ^a   Julie, Karen ^a   Leonard, Bernstein ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SOLID STATE LASER;

ADULT; EDEMA; ELASTICITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 58249085340     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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