The clinical and histological effect of home-use, combination blue-red LED phototherapy for mild-to-moderate acne vulgaris in Korean patients: A double-blind, randomized controlled trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1088-1094

  Kwon, H H ^a,b   Lee, J B ^c   Yoon, J Y ^b   Park, S Y ^a,b   Ryu, H H ^a   Park, B M ^c   Kim, Y J ^c   Suh, D H ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1C; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RED LIGHT; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBUM SECRETION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84876982231     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12186     Document Type: Article

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