Treatment of facial scarring and ulceration resulting from acne excoriée with 585-nm pulsed dye laser irradiation and cognitive psychotherapy

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 934-938

  Bowes, Leyda E ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PULSED DYE LASER; SCAR; ULCER;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CICATRIX; CLINDAMYCIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER;

EID: 2942675465     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30266.x     Document Type: Article

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