Treatment of Alopecia Areata with the 308-nm Xenon Chloride Excimer Laser: Case Report of Two Successful Treatments with the Excimer Laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-90

  Gundogan, Cuneyt ^a   Greve, Bärbel ^b   Raulin, Christian ^a  

^a LASERKLINIK KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Laser; Regrowth; Treatment

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ALOPECIA AREATA; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LASER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALOPECIA AREATA; CHLORIDES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XENON;

EID: 1542313837     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20002     Document Type: Article

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