Effect of dynamic cooling on 585-nm pulsed dye laser treatment of port- wine stain birthmarks

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 657-662

  Waldorf, Heidi A ^a   Alster, Tina S ^b   McMillan, Kathleen ^c   Kauvar, Arielle N B ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^d  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

^c Candela Laser Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; HUMAN; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PAIN; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN HEMANGIOMA;

EID: 0030856670     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00385.x     Document Type: Article

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