Treatment of poikiloderma of civatte with ablative fractional laser resurfacing: Prospective study and review of the literature

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 527-534

  Tierney, Emily P ^a   Hanke, C William ^a  

^a Laser and Skin Surgery Center of Indiana   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; CARBON DIOXIDE;

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL LASER RESURFACING; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NAIL DYSCHROMIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOAGING; PILOT STUDY; POIKILODERMA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN LAXITY; SKIN PRURITUS; SKIN TEXTURE; TELANGIECTASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; SKIN DISEASE;

AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 67650270098     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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