Optimal frequency of treatment with the 308-nm excimer laser for vitiligo on the face and neck

Photomedicine and Laser Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 418-427

  Shen, Zhu ^a   Gao, Tian Wen ^a   Chen, Ling ^b   Yang, Li ^a   Wang, Yan Chun ^a   Sun, Lin Chao ^a   Li, Chun Ying ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a   Liu, Yu Feng ^a  

^a FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA TRANSFER; EXCIMER LASERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

OPTIMAL CLINICAL PARAMETERS; REPIGMENTATION; TREATMENT FREQUENCIES; VITILIGINOUS PATCHES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CHLORIDE; XENON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXCIMER LASER; FACE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK MALFORMATION; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO;

EID: 35848930998     PISSN: 15495418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/pho.2007.2086     Document Type: Article

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