Effective treatment of facial redness caused by atopic dermatitis using intense pulsed light systems

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 475-482

  Oh, Sang Ho ^a   Bae, Byung Kee ^a   Kim, Tae Gyun ^a   Kwon, Yeon Sook ^a   Lee, Ju Hee ^a   Lee, Kwang Hoon ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACE EDEMA; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT THERAPY; LICHENOID ERUPTION; MALE; PAPULE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN INDURATION; SKIN REDNESS; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; ECZEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950485207     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01482.x     Document Type: Article

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