Comparison of the long-pulse dye (590-595 nm) and KTP (532 nm) lasers in the treatment of facial and leg telangiectasias

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 221-226

  West, Tina B ^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

BACITRACIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FACE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; LEG DISEASE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0031939822     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1998.tb04140.x     Document Type: Article

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