Procedural treatments for acne vulgaris

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1005-1026

  Taub, Amy Forman ^a  

^a Advanced Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; INDOCYANINE GREEN; JESSNER SOLUTION; LIQUID NITROGEN; RETINOIC ACID; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BLUE LIGHT; BURN; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMEDO; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG COST; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRY SKIN; DYE LASER; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; POSTINFLAMMATORY PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUSTULE; RADIOSURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RED LIGHT; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN CRUSTING; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN PRURITUS; STINGING; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACNE VULGARIS; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CHEMEXFOLIATION; COLORING AGENTS; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMABRASION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; LASER SURGERY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 34548316388     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33215.x     Document Type: Review

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