Efficacy of a 2-mm spot size lens for the treatment of superficial vascular lesions with a flashlamp-pumped dye laser

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 865-869

  Grekin, Roy C ^a,b,c   Flynn, Timothy C ^a,b   Cooper, David ^a,b   Geisse, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOMA; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOKERATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 0030808728     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-4362.1997.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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