Five years' experience of treating port wine stains with the flashlamp- pumped pulsed dye laser

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 750-754

  Katugampola, G A ^a   Lanigan, S W ^a  

^a Bridgend General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN COLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030662304     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.1997.tb01112.x     Document Type: Article

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