Combination treatment of melasma with pulsed CO2 laser followed by Q- switched alexandrite laser: A pilot study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 494-497

  Nouri, Keyvan ^a   Bowes, Leyda ^a   Chartier, Tim ^a   Romagosa, Ricardo ^a   Spencer, James ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MELANOCYTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PIGMENTATION; YAG LASER;

BERYLLIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; LASERS; MELANOSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0033034058     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.08248.x     Document Type: Article

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