Complete elimination of large cafe-au-lait birthmarks by the 510-nm pulsed dye laser

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1660-1664

  Alster, Tina S ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MELANOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0028791906     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199512000-00020     Document Type: Article

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