Phototherapy in the treatment of acne vulgaris

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 627-632

  Sami, Nevien A ^a   Attia, Abeer T ^a   Badawi, Ashraf M ^a,b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449113125     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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