Treatment of punched-out atrophic and rolling acne scars in skin phototypes III, IV, and v with variable square pulse erbium:Yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser resurfacing

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1376-1383

  Wanitphakdeedecha, Rungsima ^a   Manuskiatti, Woraphong ^a   Siriphukpong, Sujittra ^a   Chen, T Minsue ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROLLING ACNE SCAR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN SCAR;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69949145257     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01244.x     Document Type: Article

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