Intralesional triamcinolone alone or in combination with 5-fluorouracil for the treatment of keloid and hypertrophic scars

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-223

  Darougheh, A ^a   Asilian, A ^b   Shariati, F ^b  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INJECTION SITE PAIN; KELOID; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN EROSION; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN ULCER; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRURITUS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 58549089686     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02631.x     Document Type: Article

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