Treatment of actinic keratoses and photodamage with non-contact fractional 1540-nm laser quasi-ablation: An ex vivo and clinical evaluation

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 537-542

  Lapidoth, Moshe ^a   Adatto, Maurice ^b   Halachmi, Shlomit ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Skinpulse Dermatology and Laser Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

1540nm; Actinic keratosis; Fractional; Non contact; Photodamage

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT DAMAGE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SWINE; THERAPY EFFECT;

AGED; CICATRIX; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP; SKIN; SUNLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879691788     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-012-1103-6     Document Type: Article

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