A role for lasers in the treatment of pigmented skin grafts

Burns

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 641-644

  Raine, C ^a,b   Al Nakib, K ^a   Quaba, A A ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser; Pigment; Skin graft

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; PIGMENT DISORDER; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPLIT THICKNESS SKIN GRAFT;

CHILD; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0031417564     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4179(97)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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