Topical suspension-assisted Q-switched Nd:YAG laser hair removal

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 741-745

  Goldberg, David J ^a,d   Littler, Curt M ^b   Wheeland, Ronald G ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Skin Laser Center of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER SURGERY; NECK; NEODYMIUM LASER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030930408     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1997.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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