595nm pulsed dye laser combined with intralesional corticosteroids in hypertrophic symptomatic scars following breast reduction surgery

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-263

  Goppold, Angela ^a   Kaune, Kjell M ^a   Buhl, Timo ^a   Schön, Michael P ^a   Zutt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRILOCAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETATE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST REDUCTION; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSESTHESIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LETTER; PAIN; PRURITUS; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; SKIN PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LASERS, DYE; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 79960797904     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: 19524013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/ejd.2010.1230     Document Type: Letter

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