Intralesional cryosurgery for the treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1798-1800

  Har Shai, Yaron ^a   Brown, Wilfred ^b   Pallua, Norbert ^c   Zouboulis, Christos C ^d  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b PC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^d DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOSURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INSTRUMENTATION; KELOID; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; CRYOSURGERY; HUMANS; KELOID;

EID: 78650087848     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0b013e3181ef823d     Document Type: Letter

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