Evaluation of clinical results, histological architecture, and collagen expression following treatment of mature burn scars with a fractional carbon dioxide laser

JAMA Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Ozog, David M ^a   Liu, Austin ^a   Chaffins, Marsha L ^a   Ormsby, Adrian H ^a   Fincher, Edgar F ^b   Chipps, Lisa K ^b   Mi, Qing Sheng ^a   Grossman, Peter H ^c,d   Pui, John C ^d   Moy, Ronald L ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Moy Fincher Medical Group   (United States)

^c Grossman Burn Centers   (United States)

^d Hilbrich Dermatopathology Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; BURN PATIENT; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN STRUCTURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; BURNS; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE III; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873420188     PISSN: 21686068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamadermatol.668     Document Type: Article

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