Using the KTP/532 laser to control epistaxis in patients with hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 78-80

  Vickery, Christopher L ^a,b   Kuhn, Frederick A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Associates in ENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; EPISTAXIS; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; NOSE SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENDU OSLER WEBER DISEASE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0030022861     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199601000-00014     Document Type: Article

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