Fractionated carbon dioxide laser treatment of photoaging: Prospective study in 45 patients and review of the literature

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1279-1290

  Tierney, Emily P ^a,b   Hanke, C William ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VALACICLOVIR;

ADULT; AGED; BLEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HERPES LABIALIS; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PHOTOAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISCOLORATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052318081     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02082.x     Document Type: Review

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