Treatment of port-wine stains with a noncoherent pulsed light source. A retrospective study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 679-683

  Raulin, Christian ^a,e   Schroeter, Careen A ^b   Weiss, Robert A ^c   Keiner, Michael ^d   Werner, Saskia ^a  

^a LASERKLINIK KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Center for Laser Therapy   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 0033002825     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.135.6.679     Document Type: Article

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