Intense pulsed light for the treatment of refractory melasma in Asian persons

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1196-1200

  Wang, Chia Chen ^a   Hui, Chung Yee ^b   Sue, Yuh Mou ^c   Wong, Wen Rou ^b   Hong, Hong Shang ^b  

^a CARDINAL TIEN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; MELANIN; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; LIGHT; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; MELANOCYTOSIS; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFLECTOMETRY; SAFETY; SIDE EFFECT; TAIWAN;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN;

EID: 4744364484     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30371.x     Document Type: Article

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