A randomized, controlled, split-face clinical trial of 1320-nm Nd:YAG laser therapy in the treatment of acne vulgaris

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-438

  Orringer, Jeffrey S ^a   Kang, Sewon ^a   Maier, Lisa ^a   Johnson, Timothy M ^a   Sachs, Dana L ^a   Karimipour, Darius J ^a   Helfrich, Yolanda R ^a   Hamilton, Ted ^a   Voorhees, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEBUM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ALUMINUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; NEODYMIUM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEBUM; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM;

EID: 33847070820     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.10.978     Document Type: Article

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