Elastometry and clinical results after bipolar radiofrequency treatment of skin

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 877-884

  Willey, Andrea ^a,b,c   Kilmer, Suzanne ^a,c   Newman, James ^d   Renton, Bradley ^f   Hantash, Basil ^e,f   Krishna, Suhas ^f   McGill, Scott ^f   Bérubé, Dany ^f  

^a Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Northern California   (United States)

^b Solano Dermatology Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Premier Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Primaeva Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALEXIADES SCALE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR RADIOFREQUENCY THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ELASTOMETRY; FACE; FEMALE; FITZPATRICK SCALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; RATING SCALE; RETRACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN; SKIN LAXITY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRINKLE; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ELASTICITY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SHORT-WAVE THERAPY; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952980822     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01563.x     Document Type: Article

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