Intralesional bare fiber laser treatment of hemangioma of infancy

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1212-1217

  Achauer, Bruce M ^a   Celikoz, Bahattin ^b   VanderKam, Victoria M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK DISEASE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031925194     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199804010-00006     Document Type: Article

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