Permanent hair removal by normal-mode ruby laser

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 837-842

  Dierickx, Christine C ^a   Grossman, Melanie C ^b   Farinelli, William A ^a   Rox Anderson, R ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASE; HAIR LOSS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031875318     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.7.837     Document Type: Article

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