TUNEL assay to characterize acute histopathological injury following treatment with the active and deep FX fractional short-pulse CO2 devices

Aesthetic Surgery Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 603-613

  Farkas, Jordan P ^a   Richardson, James A ^a   Brown, Spencer A ^a   Ticker, Becca ^a   Walgama, Evan ^a   Burrus, Clint F ^a   Hoopman, John E ^a   Barton, Fritz E ^a   Kenkel, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablative laser; CO2; histology; resurfacing; skin

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NICK END LABELING; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT PULSED FRACTIONAL CARBON DIOXIDE RESURFACING DEVICE; SKIN INJURY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABDOMEN; BIOPSY; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; SKIN;

EID: 77957781787     PISSN: 1090820X     EISSN: 1527330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090820X10380547     Document Type: Article

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