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Laser Treatment of Scars [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Recent advances in optical technologies have produced laser systems capable of optimizing the appearance of scars from various etiologies. Laser treatment can commence as early as the time of the initial injury and as late as several years after the ...
Nelson, John   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Development of a Disease Activity Index for the Assessment of VEXAS Syndrome (VEXAS‐DAI)

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X‐linked, autoinflammatory, somatic syndrome (VEXAS) syndrome is characterized by a complex spectrum of inflammatory and hematologic manifestations. Clinical research to identify effective therapies is urgently needed but is hindered by the lack of validated outcome measures.
Kevin Byram   +25 more
wiley   +1 more source

Scars/Stars

open access: yes, 2013
In her book Beloved, Toni Morrison describes the whip scars on a former slave’s back as a tree sprouting from her flesh. Walidah Imarisha’s first poetic collection Scars/Stars invokes this same process of alchemy, transforming both individual and ...
Imarisha, Walidah
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Laser and Scars

open access: yes, 2020
Treatment of abnormal scars, such as hypertrophic scars, vascularized hypertrophic scars, keloids, post-acne scars, and atrophic scars, consists of various therapies (intralesional corticosteroids, interferon, topical retinoids, excisional surgery, etc.).
Sannino, Mario   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Radicular and pseudoradicular pain symptoms - pathomechanisms of injury, diagnostics and therapy [PDF]

open access: yesRehabilitacja Medyczna, 2019
Introduction: Pain localized within the lumbosacral spine, buttock, thigh, shank and foot may be radicular (discopathy and irritation of tissue structures) or pseudoradicular (dysfunctions of internal organs, scars, temporomandibular and sacroiliac joint
Wioletta Jagucka-Mętel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Short‐Term Response to Biologic Therapy in Psoriatic Arthritis Is Not Influenced by Disease Duration at Initiation of Therapy

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective We aimed to determine whether the short‐term response to biologics in biologic‐naive psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is better in patients initiating biologic treatment early in the disease course. Methods Patients with PsA who started on biologic therapy from the year 2000 to 2025 were included for analysis.
Sung Min Cho   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of Six‐Month Monitoring Compared to Three‐Month Monitoring of Laboratories During Methotrexate Therapy

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective To evaluate whether extending the American College of Rheumatology–recommended monitoring interval for complete blood count and liver function tests in patients receiving methotrexate (MTX) affects timely detection of medication‐related toxicity.
Spencer Simko   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Original Scars [PDF]

open access: yes
Introduction: This week I share with you another piece by Dr. Pam Adelstein, former resident of the Family Health Center of Worcester, and now the Medical Director at Fenway Health. She recently wrote in Pulse about scars.
Adelstein, Pamela
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Facial Cosmetic Therapy Use Among Patients With Systemic Sclerosis: An Australian Cohort Study

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with numerous facial manifestations for which patients may engage in cosmetic therapies. It is unclear how patients with SSc use these therapies. This study sought to characterize patient engagement and experiences with cosmetic therapies for SSc‐related and non‐SSc–related facial changes.
Zachary Warren   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mechanics of scars

open access: yesJournal of Biomechanics, 2005
When a wound heals, as everyone has observed, it contracts, thickens and wrinkles the neighbouring skin, forming a scar. The morphology of the scar depends on the type of wound; an urgent tracheotomy leads to a very different scar than a carefully planned face lift.
openaire   +6 more sources

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