Lactic acid as a new therapeutic peeling agent in melasma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-154

  Sharquie, Khalifa E ^a   Al Tikreety, Mohammad M ^a   Al Mashhadani, Sabeeh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYACID; BLEACHING AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; JESSNER SOLUTION; LACTIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; KERATOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABRASION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; MELANOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHEMEXFOLIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MELANOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 15044360999     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200502000-00005     Document Type: Article

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