TY - BOOK AU - Marwa Salah Eldin Mohamed Elmesidy AU - Dalia Ahmed Bassiouny , AU - Marwa Safwat Elhawary , AU - Omar Ahmed Azzam , TI - Treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids by fractional carbon dioxide laser : : A clinical and immunohistochemical study / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Marwa Salah Eldin Mohamed Elmesidy , KW - Fractional CO₂ laser KW - Keloid hypertrophic scar KW - Matrix metalloproteinase 9 N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Dermatology and Venerology; Issued also as CD N2 - Background :Hypertrophic scars and keloids may cause cosmetic problem to patients and may also cause pain and pruritus . Different modes of therapy that are currently being used are limited by their efficacy and side effects . Other modes of therapy including laser are thus being studied for their efficacy UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -