Enhancing effect of pretreatment with topical niacin in the treatment of rosacea-associated erythema by 585-nm pulsed dye laser in Koreans: A randomized, prospective, split-face trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 164, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 573-579

  Kim, T G ^a   Roh, H J ^a   Cho, S B ^a   Lee, J H ^a   Lee, S J ^b   Oh, S H ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei Star Skin Laser Clinic   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITEDERM; NICOTINIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG SAFETY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROSACEA; SCAR FORMATION; SOUTH KOREA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIACIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROSACEA; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 79952376687     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2010.10174.x     Document Type: Article

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