Use of a fractional ablative 10.6-μm carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of a morphea-related contracture

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 147, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1148-1150

  Kineston, Donald ^a   Kwan, Julia M ^a   Uebelhoer, Nathan S ^a   Shumaker, Peter R ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CALCIPOTRIOL; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; METHOTREXATE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHILL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTRACTURE; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DYSPHAGIA; FEVER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MONOTHERAPY; MORPHEA; MORPHEA RELATED CONTRACTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PLAGUE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; PUNCH BIOPSY; RADIATION DOSE; RANGE OF MOTION; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; CONTRACTURE; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; METHOTREXATE; SCLERODERMA, LOCALIZED;

EID: 80054743529     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 15383652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archdermatol.2011.247     Document Type: Article

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