Update on the Management of Keloids

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-76

  Kelly, A Paul ^a  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE AGENT; ADRENALIN; ALPHA2B INTERFERON; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; COLCHICINE; COLLAGENASE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; EMLA; FLUDROXYCORTIDE; FLUOROURACIL; IMIQUIMOD; INTERFERON; LIDOCAINE; METHOTREXATE; PENICILLAMINE; PENTOXIFYLLINE; RELAXIN; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; VERAPAMIL; ZINC;

CRYOSURGERY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; KELOID; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PROPHYLAXIS; PRURITUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCLERODERMA; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AMINOQUINOLINES; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; KELOID; LASER THERAPY;

EID: 67650035007     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2009.04.002     Document Type: Review

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