Successful treatment of refractory facial acne using repeat short-cycle ALA-PDT: Case study

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-346

  Ding, Hui Lin ^a   Wang, Xiu Li ^a   Wang, Hong Wei ^a   Huang, Zheng ^b  

^a Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne; Aminolevulinic acid; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; MINOCYCLINE; RETINOID DERIVATIVE;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CHIN; COMEDO; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NECK; NOSE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PAPULE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; PUSTULE; SKIN CYST; SKIN NODULE;

ACNE VULGARIS; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; CHRONIC DISEASE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855982110     PISSN: 15721000     EISSN: 18731597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pdpdt.2011.07.003     Document Type: Article

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