Effects of ablative 10,600-nm carbon dioxide fractional laser therapy on suppurative diseases of the skin: A case series of 12 patients

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 550-554

  Sung, Bin Cho ^a   Jin, Young Jung ^a   Dong, Jin Ryu ^a   Sang, Ju Lee ^b   Ju, Hee Lee ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei Star Skin Laser Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Carbon dioxide; Folliculitis; Fractional laser; Furunculosis; Hidradenitis suppurativa

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; PREDNISOLONE; VALACICLOVIR;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FOLLICULITIS; FURUNCULOSIS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SUPPURATION; SUPPURATIVE HIDRADENITIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; KOREA; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES; SUPPURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349644858     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20802     Document Type: Article

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