Comparison of electrodesiccation and potassium-titanyl-phosphate laser for treatment of dermatosis papulosa nigra

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1079-1083

  Kundu, Roopal V ^a,b,c   Joshi, Smita S ^b   Suh, Ki Young ^b   Boone, Susan L ^b   Huggins, Richard H ^b   Alam, Murad ^b   White, Lucile ^b   Rademaker, Alfred W ^b   West, Dennis P ^b   Yoo, Simon ^b  

^a Northwestern University ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATOSIS PAPULOSA NIGRA; DESICCATION; DIODE LASER; ELECTRODESICCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; FACE EDEMA; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSIS;

EID: 67650730096     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01186.x     Document Type: Article

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