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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dermatol Clin. 2010 Jul;28(3):501–510. doi: 10.1016/j.det.2010.03.010

Table 3.

Excimer Laser Therapy

Starting Dose
(J cm−2)		 Further Dosing
(J cm−2)		 Frequency Treatments MED
testing		 Follow-
Up
(months)		 Patient
s		 Side Effects Recurrence Complete
response
Nistico,
2004 [21]		 0.5–1
(Twice MED)		 0.15–0.5/
session		 q 7 to 10 d 10 Yes 12 5 Transient
hyperpigmentation,
itch		 None 5
Passeron, 2004
[22]		 0.17–0.5
(50mJ below
MED)		 0.1/per week Twice weekly 21 Yes 3 5 Erythema, blistering, None 5
Mori, 2004 [23] 0.5–1
(2–3 time MED)		 0.15–0.5/
session		 Weekly 8 Yes 28 4 Erythema, itch None 3 of 4
Meisenheimer,
2006 [24]		 0.1–0.15 0.3/session Twice weekly 14 to >38 Yes 6 2 Persistent Erythema 1 of 2 1 of 2
Kontos, 2006
[25]		 NR NR Thrice
weekly		 14 to 22 NR NR 2 Erythema, itch, blisters,
eroisions,
hyperpigmentation		 1 of 2 1 of 2

NR- Not Reported