A comparison of Q-switched alexandrite laser and intense pulsed light for the treatment of freckles and lentigines in Asian persons: A randomized, physician-blinded, split-face comparative trial

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 804-810

  Wang, Chia Chen ^a,b   Sue, Yuh Mou ^c   Yang, Chih Hsiung ^a   Chen, Chih Kang ^a  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LASER; LENTIGO; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWITCHED ALEXANDRITE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADULT; BERYLLIUM; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LENTIGO; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646110284     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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