Laser Treatment of Acne, Psoriasis, Leukoderma, and Scars

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 285-291

  Railan, Divya ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; CALCIPOTRIOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COLECALCIFEROL DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTEROID; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOLIC ACID; INDOCYANINE GREEN; ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TETRACYCLINE;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC SCAR; ATROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LEUKODERMA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PSORIASIS; PULSED DYE LASER; PUVA; SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITILIGO; YAG LASER;

CICATRIX; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, GAS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 58149326825     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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