An open-label, split-face study comparing the safety and efficacy of levulan kerastick (aminolevulonic acid) plus a 532 nm KTP laser to a 532 nm KTP laser alone for the treatment of moderate facial acne

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 229-233

  Sadick, Neil ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVESTIGATOR GLOBAL ASSESSMENT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ACNE VULGARIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY;

ACNE VULGARIS; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; FACE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 77950888652     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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