Side-effects and complications of flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser therapy of port-wine stains. A prospective study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 475-480

  Wlotzke, U ^a,c   Hohenleutner, U ^a   Abd El Raheem, T A ^a,b   Baumler W ^a   Landthaler, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN INFLAMMATION;

EID: 0029925608     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1996.tb16233.x     Document Type: Article

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