Intense pulsed light versus photodynamic therapy using liposomal methylene blue gel for the treatment of truncal acne vulgaris: a comparative randomized split body study

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 263-268

  Moftah, Nayera Hassan ^a   Ibrahim, Shady Mahmoud ^a   Wahba, Nadine Hassan ^b  

^a AL AZHAR UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Cairo Hospital for Dermatology Venereology Al Haud Al Marsoud   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Acne vulgaris; IPL; PDT

Indexed keywords

LIPOSOMAL METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HYDROGEL;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BURTON SCALE; CARDIFF ACNE DISABILITY INDEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FLAKING; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; INFLAMMATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT THERAPY; IPL DEVICE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE ASSESSMENT; SKIN PAIN; STINGING; TRUNCAL ACNE VULGARIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; METHYLENE BLUE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84961223434     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: 1432069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-016-1639-6     Document Type: Article

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