Lower-fluence, higher-density versus higher-fluence, lower-density treatment with a 10,600-nm carbon dioxide fractional laser system: A split-face, evaluator-blinded study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2022-2029

  Jung, Jin Young ^a   Lee, Ju Hee ^a   Ryu, Dong Jin ^a   Lee, Sang Ju ^b   Bang, Dongsik ^a   Cho, Sung Bin ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei Star Skin Laser Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN SCAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CICATRIX; FACE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650031427     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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