Light therapies for acne

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Car, Josip ^a   Car, Mate ^a   Hamilton, Fiona ^a   Layton, Alison ^b   Lyons, Colin ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARROGATE DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; DIANE; ISOTRETINOIN; RETINOID;

ACNE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRY EYE; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIP DISEASE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MUCOSAL DRYNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PUBLISHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

EID: 70049111592     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007917     Document Type: Review

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