Effective and safe use of lasers, light sources, and radiofrequency devices in the clinical management of Asian patients with selected dermatoses

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 179-185

  Chan, Henry H L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Dermatology and Laser Center   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asian patients; Laser light sources; Radio frequency

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AZELAIC ACID; BLEACHING AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; KOJIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RETINOIC ACID; STEROID; TETRACYCLINE;

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHLOASMA; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; LENTIGINOSIS; LIGHT; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NAUSEA; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RADIOFREQUENCY; REJUVENATION; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WRINKLE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CATHETER ABLATION; CICATRIX; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN AGING;

EID: 26944493039     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20244     Document Type: Article

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