Q-switched ruby laser in the treatment of labial melanotic macules

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 219-222

  Gupta, Girish ^a,c   MacKay, Iain R ^b   MacKie, Rona M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Follow up; Labial pigmentation; Laser treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIP CANCER; MALE; MELANOMA; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LIP DISEASES; MALE; MELANOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

EID: 0032831022     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1999)25:3<219::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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