Treatment of tattoos and benign pigmented lesions by Q-switched ruby laser;Entfernung von Tatowierungen und benignen pigmentierten Hautveranderungen mit dem gutegeschalteten Rubinlaser

H+G Zeitschrift fur Hautkrankheiten

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 129-134

  Raulin, C ^a,c   Kimmig, W ^b   Hellwig, S ^a  

^a Praxis F Dermatol A   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

benign pigmented lesions; Q switched ruby laser; tattoos; traumatic tattoos

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; HUMAN; LASER; TATTOO; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030969680     PISSN: 03010481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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