Treatment of Fordyce spots with 5-aminolaevulinic acid-photodynamic therapy [17]

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 399-400

  Kim, Y J ^a   Kang, H Y ^a   Lee, E S ^a   Kim, Y C ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; MEDACALA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORDYCE SPOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERPLASIA; LETTER; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SEBACEOUS NEVUS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN SWELLING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND DRESSING;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846202109     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2006.07653.x     Document Type: Letter

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