The safety and efficacy of the 308-nm excimer laser for pigment correction of hypopigmented scars and striae alba

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 955-960

  Alexiades Armenakas, Macrene R ^a,b,c   Bernstein, Leonard J ^a   Friedman, Paul M ^a,c   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DermSurgery Laser Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; EXCIMER LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SCAR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRIA; STRIA ALBA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; CICATRIX; EXTREMITIES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4043117782     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.8.955     Document Type: Article

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