Comparative effectiveness of nonpurpuragenic 595-nm pulsed dye laser and microsecond 1064-nm neodymium:yttrium-Aluminum-garnet laser for treatment of diffuse facial erythema: A double-blind randomized controlled trial

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 438-443

  Alam, Murad ^a   Voravutinon, Nataya ^a   Warycha, Melanie ^a   Whiting, Dennis ^a   Nodzenski, Michael ^a   Yoo, Simon ^a   West, Dennis P ^a   Veledar, Emir ^b   Poon, Emily ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness research; dye; erythema; lasers; rosacea

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FACE ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN; SKIN PAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

CI; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DYE; ERYTHEMA; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; IPL; LASERS; ND:YAG; NEODYMIUM:YTTRIUM-ALUMINUM-GARNET; PDL; PULSED DYE LASER; ROSACEA;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882850569     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2013.04.015     Document Type: Article

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