Ablative fractional erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet laser with coagulation mode for the treatment of atrophic acne scars in Asian skin

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 939-944

  Hu, Sindy ^a   Hsiao, Wen Chin ^a   Chen, Min Chi ^b   Huang, Yau Li ^a   Chang, Shyue Luen ^a   Shih, Po Yu ^a   Gold, Michael H ^c  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GOLD SKIN CARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL RESURFACING; ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATROPHIC ACNE SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTINFLAMMATORY HYPERPIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN SCAR;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CICATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80955180950     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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