Single or multiple pulses in the use of the pulsed dye laser for the treatment of port-wine stains

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 205-210

  Tan, O T ^a   Hurwitz, R M ^b   Stafford, T J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple pulses; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser; Vascular specific injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTRAVASATION; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0030464587     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02156766     Document Type: Article

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