Blue light phototherapy in the treatment of acne

Photodermatology Photoimmunology and Photomedicine

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 266-269

  Tzung, Tien Yi ^a   Wu, Kuan Hsing ^b   Huang, Mei Lun ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Chutung Veterans Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Blue light; Flourescence; Propionibacterium acnes

Indexed keywords

PORPHYRIN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PORPHYRINS; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 5444255655     PISSN: 09054383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0781.2004.00109.x     Document Type: Article

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