Long-pulsed dye laser versus long-pulsed dye laser-assisted photodynamic therapy for acne vulgaris: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 387-394

  Hædersdal, Merete ^a   Togsverd Bo, Katrine ^a   Wiegell, Stine Regin ^a   Wulf, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; METHYLAMINOLEVULINIC ACID; METXIV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; PULSED DYE LASER; PUSTULE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR FORMATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROTOPORPHYRINS; SKIN DISEASES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38949158788     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.11.027     Document Type: Article

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