Residual thermal damage resulting from pulsed and scanned resurfacing lasers

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 739-744

  Bernstein, Eric F ^a   Brown, Douglas B ^b   Kenkel, Jeffrey ^c   Burns, A Jay ^c  

^a Laser Surgery and Cosmetic Dermatology Centers   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINOPLASTY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDERMIS; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; HEMOSTASIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN INJURY; STAINING; THERMAL INJURY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN;

EID: 0032862170     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.99024.x     Document Type: Article

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