The treatment of melasma with fractional photothermolysis: A pilot study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1645-1650

  Rokhsar, Cameron K ^a,c   Fitzpatrick, Richard E ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dermatol Assoc S Diego Co Inc   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; LIDOCAINE; RETINOIC ACID; XIPAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PAIN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 27744523957     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200512000-00002     Document Type: Article

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