Successful removal of freckles in Asian skin with a Q-switched Alexandrite laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-234

  Jang, Kyoung Ae ^a   Chung, Eui Chang ^a   Choi, Jee Ho ^a   Sung, Kyung Jeh ^a,b   Moon, Kee Chan ^a   Koh, Jai Kyoung ^a  

^a Asan Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MELANINS; MELANOSIS;

EID: 0034019052     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.09243.x     Document Type: Article

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