Dermatologic laser surgery: A review

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 797-805

  Alster, Tina S ^a,b   Lewis, Amy B ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN SURGERY; TATTOO; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0029911328     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00731.x     Document Type: Review

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