Epidermal protection with cryogen spray cooling during high fluence pulsed dye laser irradiation: An ex vivo study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 373-383

  Tunnell, James W ^a   Stuart Nelson, J ^b   Torres, Jorge H ^a   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatology; Dynamic cooling; Photothermolysis; Port wine stain; Selective thermal injury

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOSURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRRADIATION; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTOLYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; THERMAL INJURY;

EID: 0033791275     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1096-9101(2000)27:4<373::AID-LSM11>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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