Glycolic acid peels versus amino fruit acid peels in the treatment of Melasma

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 490-495

  Ilknur, Turna ^a   Biçak, Mehtap Ünlü ^a   Demirtaşoǧlu, Melda ^a   Özkan, Şebnem ^a  

^a DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO FRUIT ACID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; GLYCOLIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; APPLICATION SITE EDEMA; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE VESICLE; ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; EROSION; GEL; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; CHEMEXFOLIATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRUIT; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950505232     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01481.x     Document Type: Article

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