Randomized control trial for the treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa with a neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1188-1198

  Tierney, Emily ^a   Mahmoud, Bassel H ^a   Hexsel, Camile ^a   Ozog, David ^a   Hamzavi, Iltefat ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIDRADENITIS SUPPURATIVA; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 68749118643     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01214.x     Document Type: Article

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