Color analysis of nevus of Ota for evaluation of treatment with a Q-switched alexandrite laser

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 45-48

  Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^a   Takiwaki, Hirotsugu ^a   Yamano, Masahiro ^b   Ahsan, Kamrul ^a   Nakanishi, Hideki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b MATSUYAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorimetry; Image analysis; Laser treatment; Nevus of Ota; Video microscope

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MONITORING; OTA NEVUS; SKIN COLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030907841     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1997.tb00159.x     Document Type: Article

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