Lasers in dermatology

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  Spicer, Michael S ^a   Goldberg, David J ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Pascack Valley Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BENZOPORPHYRIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAL HYDRATE; CHLORPROMAZINE; DEPRIVAN; DIAZEPAM; EMLA; HALCINONIDE; HALOTHANE; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; PROMETHAZINE; PROPOFOL; TETRACAINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; ARGON LASER; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KRYPTON LASER; LASER SURGERY; MELANOMA; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REVIEW; SEDATION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TATTOO; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LENTIGO; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TATTOOING;

EID: 0030048169     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(96)90827-0     Document Type: Article

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