Case report: Treatment of keloid with Intense Pulsed Light

Journal of Plastic Dermatology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-152

  Perosino, Elisabetta ^a   Tati, Eleonora ^a  

^a Medico Chirurgo Dermatologo   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intense pulsed laser; Keloid

Indexed keywords

RETINOID; SILICONE GEL; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CRYOSURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSE PULSED LASER; KELOID; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEBACEOUS CYST; STERNUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM ASSISTED CLOSURE;

EID: 78650492392     PISSN: 20350686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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