Efficacy and safety of intense pulsed light in treatment of melasma in Chinese patients

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 693-701

  Li, Yuan Hong ^a   Chen, John Z S ^b   Wei, Hua Chen ^a,c   Wu, Yan ^a   Liu, Mei ^a   Xu, Yuan Yuan ^a   Dong, Guang Hui ^a   Chen, Hong Duo ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sheftel Associates Dermatology   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TELANGIECTASIA; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; CHINESE MEDICINE; MELANOCYTE; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; ASIAN; MELANOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY;

BLEACHING AGENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42449163439     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34130.x     Document Type: Article

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