Fractional laser skin resurfacing

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1274-1287

  Alexiades Armenakas, Macrene R ^a,b   Dover, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c   Arndt, Kenneth A ^c,d,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatology and Laser Surgery Center   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SKINCARE PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GALLIUM; SCANDIUM; THULIUM;

ABLATION THERAPY; ACNE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DERMIS; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FRACTIONAL ABLATIVE LASER RESURFACING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SKIN RESURFACING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SAFETY; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CICATRIX; DERMATOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 84870178046     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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