Treatment of striae distensae with nonablative fractional laser versus ablative CO2 fractional laser: A randomized controlled trial

Annals of Dermatology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Yang, You Jin ^a   Lee, Ga Young ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Nonablative 1,550 nm fractional Er:Glass laser; Striae distensae

Indexed keywords

EID: 82555173736     PISSN: 10139087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.4.481     Document Type: Article

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