Laugier-Hunziker syndrome: Case report and treatment with the Q-switched Nd-Yag laser

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-173

  Ferreira, Maria João Branco ^a   Ferreira, Ana Macedo ^a   Soares, A Pinto ^a   Rodrigues, J C Fernandas ^a  

^a Hospital do Desterro   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Laugier Hunziker syndrome; Q switched Nd Yag laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LAUGIER HUNZIKER SYNDROME; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; FEMALE; FOOT DERMATOSES; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER COAGULATION; LIP DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH DISEASES; NAIL DISEASES; NEODYMIUM; PSORIASIS; SYNDROME; TONGUE DISEASES; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0032908911     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0926-9959(99)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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