Comparison of Q-switched 1064-nm Nd: YAG laser and fractional CO2 laser efficacies on improvement of atrophic facial acne scar

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1189-1195

  Asilian, Ali ^a   Salimi, Elias ^a   Faghihi, Gita ^a   Dehghani, Farideh ^b   Tajmirriahi, Nabet ^a   Hosseini, Sayed Mohsen ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Acne; Laser; Scar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; ATROPHIC SKIN DISEASE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN SCAR; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; YAG LASER;

EID: 80055055406     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: 17357136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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