Glycolic acid peels in the treatment of melasma among Asian women

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 177-179

  Lim, Joyce Teng Ee ^a   Tham, Siew Nee ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; SOAP; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MIXTURE; DRUG SAFETY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REJUVENATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN COLOR; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 1842294624     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00016.x     Document Type: Article

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