Fractional photothermolysis for the treatment of hypertrophic scars: Clinical experience of eight cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 773-778

  Niwa, Ane Beatriz Mautari ^a,b   Mello, Ana Paula F ^b   Torezan, Luís Antonio ^c   OsÓrio, Nuno ^b  

^a Clínica Nuno Osório ^*  (Brazil)

^b Clínica Nuno Osório   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LASER THERMOTHERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 65349160869     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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