Comparative split-face study of 5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy with intense pulsed light for photorejuvenation of Asian skin

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1005-1010

  Kosaka, Sachiko ^a   Yasumoto, Minako ^a   Akilov, Oleg E ^b,c   Hasan, Tayyaba ^b   Kawana, Seiji ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy; Asian; intense pulsed light; photoaging; rejuvenation

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; PROTOPORPHYRIN;

ADULT; AGED; APPLICATION SITE BURNING; APPLICATION SITE CRUST; APPLICATION SITE ERYTHEMA; APPLICATION SITE PAIN; APPLICATION SITE REACTION; APPLICATION SITE SWELLING; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; POSTINFLAMMATORY PIGMENTATION; REJUVENATION; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REJUVENATION; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649664230     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2010.00946.x     Document Type: Article

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