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  • 1Department of Cosmetic Laser Surgery, Hospital for Skin Disease and Institute of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College & Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Nanjing 210042, China.

Photodiagnosis and Photodynamic Therapy
|October 2, 2021
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Keywords:
Aminolevulinic acid-photodynamic therapyBacillusCutibacterium acnesLactococcusSkin microbiome

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