The effect of 650 nm red light phototherapy on acne vulgaris

Korean Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-108

  Lee, Jungwoo ^a   Oh, Dae Hun ^a   Yeo, Kwang Yeoll ^a   Kim, Joung Soo ^a   Kim, Sang Seok ^b   Yu, Hee Joon ^a  

^a Hanyang University Guri Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Hallym University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; Phototherapy; Propionibacterium acnes; Red light

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952701348     PISSN: 04944739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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