Patients with port-wine stains and their psychosocial reactions after photothermolytic treatment

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 190-196

  Troilius, Agneta ^a   Wrangsjö, Björn ^b   Ljunggren, Bo ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ST GÖRAN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PULSED DYE LASER; SCHOOL; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034061935     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.09204.x     Document Type: Article

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