Split-face treatment of facial dyschromia: Pulsed dye laser with a compression handpiece versus intense pulsed light

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 672-680

  Galeckas, Kenneth J ^a   Collins, Michelle ^a   Ross, Edward Victor ^b   Uebelhoer, Nathan S ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FACE DYSCHROMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MALFORMATION; TELANGIECTASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DYE LASER; EDEMA; FACE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENT DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449115177     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34126.x     Document Type: Article

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