Pulsed dye laser treatment of port-wine stains in pigmented skin

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 667-671

  Sommer, Sabine ^a   Sheehan Dare, Robert Alexander ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033927367     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2000.103811     Document Type: Article

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