Use of lasers and light-based therapies for treatment of acne vulgaris

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 333-342

  Mariwalla, Kavita ^a   Rohrer, Thomas E ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COPROPORPHYRIN; MELANIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN; PORPHYRIN; PROTOPORPHYRIN; UROPORPHYRIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLUE LIGHT; CARCINOGENICITY; CUTANEOUS T CELL LYMPHOMA; DEVICE; DIODE LASER; HEAT; HEME SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PSORIASIS; PULSED DYE LASER; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION; RED LIGHT; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN PENETRATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TELANGIECTASIA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; UNITED STATES; VERRUCA VULGARIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRAVIOLET THERAPY;

EID: 32144460196     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20276     Document Type: Review

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