585 nm for the treatment of port-wine stains

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 1112-1117

  Tan, Oon Tian ^a   Morrison, P ^a   Kurban, Amal K ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0025608822     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199012000-00011     Document Type: Article

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