Light and laser therapy for acne: sham or science? facts and controversies

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 31-33

  Webster, Guy F ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; INDOCYANINE GREEN; ISOTRETINOIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PORPHYRIN; RETINOID DERIVATIVE; SULFUR;

ACNE; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMEDO; DIODE LASER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYE LASER; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; KERATINIZATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; RADIATION DOSE; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; DERMATOLOGY; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LASER THERAPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PLACEBO EFFECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71749103849     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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