Multimodal quantitative analysis of early pulsed-dye laser treatment of scars at a pediatric burn hospital

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1490-1496

  Bailey, John Kevin ^a,b   Burkes, Shoná A ^b,c   Visscher, Marty O ^b,c   Whitestone, Jennifer ^d   Kagan, Richard J ^a,b   Yakuboff, Kevin P ^a,b   Warner, Petra ^a,b   Randall Wickett, R ^b  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN SCAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PLIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CICATRIX; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; ELASTICITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; MALE; PLIABILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866412170     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2012.02451.x     Document Type: Article

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