Low-level light therapy for androgenetic alopecia: A 24-week, randomized, double-blind, sham device-controlled multicenter trial

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1177-1183

  Kim, Hyojin ^a,b   Choi, Jee Woong ^a   Kim, Jun Young ^c   Shin, Jung Won ^a   Lee, Seok Jong ^c   Huh, Chang Hun ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL SKIN REACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; DEVICE SAFETY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR DENSITY; HAIR DIAMETER; HAIR GROWTH; HAIR REGROWTH; HAIR THICKNESS; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY; LOW LEVEL LIGHT THERAPY DEVICE; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PHOTOTHERAPY DEVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN PAIN; SKIN PRURITUS; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84881381686     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dsu.12200     Document Type: Article

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