Lasers, light, and acne

Cutis

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 353-354

  Hirsch, Ranella J ^a   Shalita, Alan R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTI ACNE AGENT; COPROPORPHYRIN; ISOTRETINOIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; BACTERIUM; BLUE LIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT EXPOSURE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; RADIATION DOSE; RED LIGHT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; TERATOGENICITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; PHOTOTHERAPY;

ACNE VULGARIS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 0042415416     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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