Paradoxical hypertrichosis after laser therapy: A review

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 291-298

  Desai, Shraddha ^a,b   Mahmoud, Bassel H ^c   Bhatia, Ashish C ^b,d   Hamzavi, Iltefat H ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Dermatology Institute   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOSPORIN; FINASTERIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MELANIN; PENICILLIN G; PORPHYRIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PSORALEN; STEROID; STREPTOMYCIN; THYMOSIN BETA4; VASCULOTROPIN;

AGE; ANGIOGENESIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AXILLA; BACK; BLOOD FLOW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CHIN; DENSITY; DIODE LASER; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; EYELASH; EYELID; FACE; GLAUCOMA; GREECE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR GROWTH; HEAT SHOCK; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS TYPE 11; HYPEREMIA; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; IRAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOCYTE; NECK; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PORPHYRIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SCAR; SEX; SHOULDER; SKIN; SPAIN; STIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TATTOO; THERMAL INJURY; THICKNESS; THORAX; THYROID DISEASE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UPREGULATION; VASCULARIZATION; WOUND HEALING; YAG LASER;

HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LASER THERAPY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77749237220     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01433.x     Document Type: Review

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