Topical 5-aminolevulinic acid with intense pulsed light versus intense pulsed light for photodamage in Chinese patients

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-40

  Xi, Zhou ^a,b   Shuxian, Yan ^a,b   Zhong, Lu ^a,b   Hui, Qian ^a,b   Yan, Wang ^a,b   Huilin, Ding ^c   Leihong, Xiang ^a,b   Gold, Michael H ^a,d,e,f  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Shanghai Skin Disease and STD Hospital   (China)

^d GOLD SKIN CARE CENTER   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DEVICE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRINKLE;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CHINA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78651310257     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2010.01726.x     Document Type: Article

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