Evaluation of clinical improvement in acne scars and active acne in patients treated with the 1540-nm non-ablative fractional laser

Journal of Drugs in Dermatology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 907-912

  Isarría, María José ^a   Cornejo, Paloma ^a   Muñoz, Estefanía ^a   De La Torre, Josefina Royo ^a   Moraga, Javier Moreno ^a  

^a Instituto Medico Laser   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ACNE SCAR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GLOBAL AESTHETIC IMPROVEMENT SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PURPURA; RATING SCALE; SCAR; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN EDEMA;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; CICATRIX; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERBIUM; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053056168     PISSN: 15459616     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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