Use of an 800-nm pulsed-diode laser in the treatment of recalcitrant dissecting cellulitis of the scalp

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1291-1293

  Boyd, Alan S ^a   Binhlam, John Q ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; CEFALEXIN; CELECOXIB; CLARITHROMYCIN; COLCHICINE; DAPSONE; GABAPENTIN; ISOTRETINOIN; KETOCONAZOLE; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIODE LASER; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; REMISSION; SCALP; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0036790783     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.138.10.1291     Document Type: Article

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