Comparison of a pulsed dye laser and a combined 585/1,064-nm laser in the treatment of acne vulgaris

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1181-1187

  Jung, Jae Yoon ^a   Choi, Yu Sung ^a   Yoon, Mi Young ^a   Min, Seong Uk ^a   Suh, Dae Hun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; XEROSIS;

ACNE VULGARIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68749115494     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34427.x     Document Type: Article

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