A randomised, blinded, controlled study of the clinical relevance of matching pulse duration to thermal relaxation time when treating facial telangiectasia

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 117-121

  Cameron, Heather ^a   Ibbotson, Sally H ^a   Ferguson, James ^a   Dawe, Robert S ^a   Moseley, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

KTP 532 nm laser; Pulse width; Selective photo thermolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELAXATION TIME; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TELANGIECTASIA; THEORY; THERMAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELANGIECTASIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASODILATION;

EID: 29144526657     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-005-0354-x     Document Type: Article

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