Treatment of striae distensae using an ablative 10,600-nm carbon dioxide fractional laser: A retrospective review of 27 participants

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1683-1690

  Lee, Sang Eun ^a   Kim, Jong Hoon ^a   Lee, Sang Ju ^b   Lee, Jung Eun ^b   Kang, Jin Moon ^b   Kim, Young Koo ^b   Bang, Dongsik ^a   Cho, Sung Bin ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei Star Skin Laser Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE FRACTIONAL LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; STRIAE DISTENSAE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SKIN;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149339384     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01719.x     Document Type: Article

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