The effect of combination treatment of the recalcitrant pigmentary disorders with pigmented laser and chemical peeling

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1120-1123

  Lee, Ga Young ^a   Kim, Hyun Joo ^a   Whang, Kyu Kwang ^a,b   Brody, Harold J ^b  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; JESSNER SOLUTION; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; OTA NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWITCHED ALEXANDRITE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMEXFOLIATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID;

EID: 0036945612     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2002.02112.x     Document Type: Article

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