Enhanced port-wine stain lightening achieved with combined treatment of selective photothermolysis and imiquimod

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-641

  Tremaine, Anne Marie ^a,b   Armstrong, Jennifer ^a,d   Huang, Yu Chih ^a,c   Elkeeb, Leila ^a,b   Ortiz, Arisa ^a,b   Harris, Ronald ^b   Choi, Bernard ^a,c   Kelly, Kristen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

angiogenesis; imiquimod; port wine stain; pulsed dye laser; selective photothermolysis; vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

IMIQUIMOD; PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIANGIOGENIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMINOQUINOLINES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862777791     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2011.11.958     Document Type: Article

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