Nonablative 1450-nm diode laser in the treatment of facial atrophic acne scars in type IV to V Asian skin: A prospective clinical study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1287-1291

  Chua, Sze Hon ^a   Ang, Por ^a   Khoo, Lawrence S W ^a   Goh, Chee Leok ^a  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIODE LASER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION SICKNESS; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN SCAR; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ATROPHY; CICATRIX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 7044250711     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30402.x     Document Type: Article

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