Cryotherapy is preferable to ablative CO2 laser for the treatment of isolated actinic keratoses of the face and scalp: A randomized clinical trial

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 170, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1114-1121

  Zane, C ^a   Facchinetti, E ^a   Rossi, M T ^a   Specchia, C ^a   Ortel, B ^b   Calzavara Pinton, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION THERAPY; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER ABLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYOTHERAPY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHARMACOECONOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REMISSION; SCALP; SKIN CRUST; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN EROSION; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; GAS LASER; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; SCALP DERMATOSES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRYOTHERAPY; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCALP DERMATOSES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84901044209     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12847     Document Type: Article

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