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In vivo histological evaluation of a novel ablative fractional resurfacing device†

  1. Basil M. Hantash MD, PhD1,2,
  2. Vikramaditya P. Bedi MS2,
  3. Bhumika Kapadia BS2,
  4. Zakia Rahman MD1,2,
  5. Kerrie Jiang NP2,
  6. Heather Tanner MS2,
  7. Kin Foong Chan PhD2,*,
  8. Christopher B. Zachary MBBS, FRCP3

Article first published online: 20 FEB 2007

DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20468

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Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Special Issue: Dermatologic Laser Surgery

Volume 39, Issue 2, pages 96–107, February 2007

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Hantash, B. M., Bedi, V. P., Kapadia, B., Rahman, Z., Jiang, K., Tanner, H., Chan, K. F. and Zachary, C. B. (2007), In vivo histological evaluation of a novel ablative fractional resurfacing device. Lasers Surg. Med., 39: 96–107. doi: 10.1002/lsm.20468

Author Information

  1. 1

    Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305

  2. 2

    Reliant Technologies, Inc., Mountain View, California 94043

  3. 3

    University of California, Irvine, California 92697

*Reliant Technologies, Inc., 464 Ellis Street, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA.

  1. †

    K.F.C. has disclosed a potential financial conflict of interest with this study.

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 20 FEB 2007
  2. Article first published online: 20 FEB 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 31 OCT 2006

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