Split-face comparison of photodynamic therapy with 5-aminolevulinic acid and intense pulsed light versus intense pulsed light alone for photodamage

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 795-803

  Gold, Michael H ^a,b   Bradshaw, Virginia L ^a,b   Boring, Molly M ^a,b   Bridges, Tancy M ^a,b   Biron, Julie A ^b  

^a GOLD SKIN CARE CENTER   (United States)

^b Tennessee Clinical Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PRURITUS; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SKIN DEFECT; TELANGIECTASIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33744919299     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32163.x     Document Type: Article

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