Comparison of responses of tattoos to picosecond and nanosecond Q- switched neodymium:YAG lasers

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-171

  Ross, E Victor ^a,b   Naseef, George ^a   Lin, Charles ^a   Kelly, Michael ^a   Michaud, Norm ^a   Flotte, Thomas J ^a   Raythen, Jill ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIAN INK;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TATTOO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; BIOPSY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPIDERMIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INK; LASER SURGERY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEODYMIUM; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SKIN; TATTOOING; TIME FACTORS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0031887069     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.134.2.167     Document Type: Article

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