Treatment of a Becker's nevus using a 694-nm long-pulsed ruby laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1032-1034

  Nanni, Christopher A ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EQUIPMENT; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPERTRICHOSIS; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEVUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031663473     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04298.x     Document Type: Article

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