Laser treatment of tattoos: A prospective, paired, comparison study of the Q-switched Nd:YAG (1064 nm), frequency-doubled Q-switched Nd:YAG (532 nm), and Q-switched ruby lasers

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-125

  Goyal, S ^a   Arndt, K A ^a   Stem, R S ^a   O'Hare, D ^a   Dover, J S ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ATROPHY; TATTOO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031030249     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0190-9622(97)70346-3     Document Type: Article

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