Laser and light-based therapies for acne vulgaris: A current guide based on available data

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 614-621

  Kim, Grace K ^a   Del Rosso, James Q ^b  

^a Mohave Skin and Cancer Clinics   (United States)

^b VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZELAIC ACID; BENZOYL PEROXIDE; COPROPORPHYRIN; DAPSONE; ERYTHROMYCIN; INDOCYANINE GREEN; ISOTRETINOIN; KERASTICK; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTOPORPHYRIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RETINOID; SPIRONOLACTONE; SULFACETAMIDE; SULFACETAMIDE PLUS SULFUR; TETRACYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROPORPHYRIN;

ACNE VULGARIS; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BLUE LIGHT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYANOSIS; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHEMA; FOLLICULITIS; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INFLAMMATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KELOID; KERATINOCYTE; LASER; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MONOTHERAPY; NONABLATIVE INFRARED LASER; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PULSED DYE LASER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RED LIGHT; REVIEW; SCAR FORMATION; SEBUM SECRETION; SIDE EFFECT; SUN EXPOSURE; TERATOGENICITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WHITE LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY;

ACNE VULGARIS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY;

EID: 77955857692     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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