Q-switched Nd:YAG laser treatment for acquired bilateral nevus of Ota- like maculae: A long-term follow-up

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 376-379

  Kunachak, Somyos ^a,c   Leelaudomlipi, Panadda ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thainakharin Hospital   (Thailand)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Hori nevus; Laser treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALUMINUM SILICATES; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER COAGULATION; MELANOSIS; NEODYMIUM; NEVUS OF OTA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0034062364     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:4<376::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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