Lactic acid chemical peels as a new therapeutic modality in melasma in comparison to Jessner's solution chemical peels

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1429-1436

  Sharquie, Khalifa E ^a   Al Tikreety, Mohammad M ^a   Al Mashhadani, Sabeeh A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAGHDAD   (Iraq)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYACID; BLEACHING AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; JESSNER SOLUTION; LACTIC ACID; PYRUVIC ACID; SKIN ABRASIVE AGENT;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ABRASION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE TYPING;

ADULT; CHEMEXFOLIATION; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MELANOSIS; RESORCINOLS; SALICYLIC ACIDS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845597031     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32352.x     Document Type: Article

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