Photorejuvenation with topical methyl aminolevulinate and red light: A randomized, prospective, clinical, histopathologic, and morphometric study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-48

  Issa, Maria Cláudia Almeida ^a,b   PiÑeiro Maceira, Juan ^a   Vieira, Maria Teresa Campos ^b   Olej, Beni ^b   Mandarim De Lacerda, Carlos A ^c   Luiz, Ronir Raggio ^a   Manela Azulay, Mônica ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID METHYL ESTER; COLLAGEN FIBER; PARACETAMOL; SUNSCREEN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ELASTIC FIBER; FACE; FACE PAIN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIGHT DAMAGE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTOAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOREJUVENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCH BIOPSY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED LIGHT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN TENSION; STAINING; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WRINKLE;

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 73549100408     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01385.x     Document Type: Article

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