Phototherapy of acne vulgaris with low level narrow band red light (680 nm)

Korean Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1566-1573

  Lee, Bo Hyun ^a   Kim, Hye One ^a   Han, Hee Jin ^a   Kang, Kweon Soo ^a   Park, Chun Wook ^a   Lee, Cheol Heon ^a   Houh, Won ^b  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Hanil General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acne; Phototherapy; Red light

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; RED LIGHT; SELF CARE;

EID: 13544276312     PISSN: 04944739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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