Glycolic acid peels for postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in black patients: A comparative study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 171-175

  Burns, Robert L ^a   Prevost Blank, Paula L ^a   Lawry, Monica A ^a   Lawry, Todd B ^a   Faria, Duyen T ^a   Fivenson, David P ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; DESONIDE; EMOLLIENT AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; RETINOIC ACID; SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DESQUAMATION; DRUG MIXTURE; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOTION; NEGRO; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0030920753     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00014.x     Document Type: Article

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