Interventions for acne scars

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2015, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Abdel Hay, Rania ^a   Shalaby, Khalid ^b   Zaher, Hesham ^a   Hafez, Vanessa ^c   Chi, Ching Chi ^d,e   Dimitri, Sandra ^b   Nabhan, Ashraf F ^b   Layton, Alison M ^f  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c Cairo University   (Egypt)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^f HARROGATE AND DISTRICT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; FLUOROURIDINE; IMIQUIMOD; INTERFERON; SILICONE GEL; STEROID;

ACNE; ARTICLE; CHEMEXFOLIATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CRYOTHERAPY; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FACE DISORDER; FACIAL ACNE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MICRODERMABRASION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH TECHNIQUE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOFREQUENCY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SKIN CARE; SKIN GRAFT; SKIN SURGERY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84962769936     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD011946     Document Type: Article

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