Randomized controlled trial: Comparative efficacy for the treatment of facial telangiectasias with 532 nm versus 940 nm diode laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 555-562

  Tierney, Emily ^a,b   Hanke, C William ^a  

^a St Vincent's Hospital   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

532 nm; 940 nm; Diode laser; Linear telangiectasias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SWELLING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; TELANGIECTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349641987     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20811     Document Type: Article

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