TY - BOOK AU - Ghada Mohamed Kamal Eldin Ahmed Elkhalafawy AU - Ahmed Fathy Elbedewi , AU - Hisham Ali Shokeir , AU - Safinaz Salah Eldin Sayed , TI - Comparative study between intense pulsed light "IPL" and pulsed Dye laser in the treatment of striae distensae / PY - 2013/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ghada Mohamed Kamal Eldin Ahmed Elkhalafawy , KW - Striae alba KW - Striae rubra KW - Striae width N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science - Department of Laser Application Medical and Biological; Issued also as CD N2 - Pulsed dye laser (PDL) and intense pulsed light (IPL) have been used to treat striae distensae (SD). Thirty patients with age ranging from 14 - 42 years were included in this study. Twenty patients were treated on one side of their bodies with PDL and on the other side with IPL while seven patients were treated on both sides by IPL and three patients were treated on both sides by PDL for five sessions with four weeks interval between sessions. Skin biopsies were stained with H and E, masson trichrome, orcein, alcian blue and anti - collagen I Ü1 UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -