Successful treatment of severe keratosis pilaris rubra with a 595-nm pulsed dye laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1592-1595

  Kaune, Kjell M ^a   Haas, Ellen ^a   Emmert, Steffen ^a   SchÖn, Michael P ^a   Zutt, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BALNEOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FACE ERYTHEMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERKERATOSIS; KERATOSIS; KERATOSIS PILARIS RUBRA; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PILARISULERYTHEMA OPHRYOGENES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCALP HAIR; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; FACE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE;

EID: 70349686828     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01282.x     Document Type: Article

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