An evaluation of the copper-bromide laser for treating telangiectasia

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 551-557

  McCoy, Sue ^b   Hanna, Marshall ^c   Anderson, Peter ^c   McLennan, Geoff ^c   Repacholi, Michael ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b Norseld Laser Systems   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMIDE; COPPER;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOMA; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0029893715     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00373.x     Document Type: Article

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