An in vivo trial comparing the use of different types of 532 nm Nd:YAG lasers in the treatment of facial lentigines in oriental patients

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 743-749

  Chan, Henry H ^a,e   Fung, William K K ^b   Ying, Shun Yuen ^c   Kono, Taro ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b St Paul's Hospital Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LENTIGO; NEODYMIUM LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; LENTIGO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033853352     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.00039.x     Document Type: Article

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