A comparative study of topical 5-aminolevulinic acid incubation times in photodynamic therapy with intense pulsed light for the treatment of inflammatory acne

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1918-1926

  Oh, Sang Ho ^a   Ryu, Dong Jin ^a   Han, Eun Chun ^a   Lee, Kwang Hoon ^a   Lee, Ju Hee ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE EDEMA; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INCUBATION TIME; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEBUM SECRETION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; THERAPY EFFECT; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72349098588     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01315.x     Document Type: Article

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