Intralesional laser therapy of extensive hemangiomas in 100 consecutive pediatric patients

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 188-194

  Burstein, Fernando D ^a   Simms, Catherine ^a   Cohen, Steven R ^c   Williams, Joseph K ^a   Paschal, Michelle ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S HEALTHCARE OF ATLANTA   (United States)

^b Atlanta Plastic Surgery   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHILD; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID THERAPY; TREATMENT INDICATION; ULCER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033952256     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200044020-00011     Document Type: Article

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