Characterization of portwine stain disfigurement

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1210-1218

  Koster, Petra H L ^a   Bossuyt, Patrick M M ^b   Van Der Horst, Chantal M A M ^b   Gijsbers, Geert H M ^b   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR LESION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN;

EID: 0031689010     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809040-00047     Document Type: Article

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