Efficacy and safety of serial glycolic acid peels and a topical regimen in the treatment of recalcitrant melasma

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-30

  Erbil, Hakan ^a   Sezer, Engin ^a   Taştan, Bülent ^a   Arca, Ercan ^a   Kurumlu, Zafer ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adapalene; Azelaic acid; Chemical peel; Glycolic acid; Melasma

Indexed keywords

ADAPALENE; AZELAIC ACID; BETAMETHASONE VALERATE; GLYCOLIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID PEEL SOLUTION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EPIDERMOLYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CHEMEXFOLIATION; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NAPHTHALENES;

EID: 33845744356     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00211.x     Document Type: Article

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