A prospective, randomized, split-face, controlled trial of salicylic acid peels in the treatment of melasma in Latin American women

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1030-1035

  Kodali, Sreedevi ^a   Guevara, Ian L ^a   Carrigan, Christina R ^a   Daulat, Seema ^a   Blanco, Gabriela ^a   Boker, Andreas ^a   Hynan, Linda S ^b   Pandya, Amit G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydroquinone; Latin American; Melasma; Peels; Pigmentation; Salicylic acid

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; SALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSTING; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN REDNESS; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; CHEMEXFOLIATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; SALICYLIC ACID; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650294468     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2009.12.027     Document Type: Article

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