Q-switched ruby laser application is safe and effective for the management of actinic lentigo (topical glycolic acid is not)

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 461-463

  Kopera, Daisy ^a,b   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a,c   Landthaler, Michael ^a,c  

^a Departments of Dermatology   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; LENTIGO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; DERMABRASION; FEMALE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; LASERS; LENTIGO; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029917413     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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