Hair removal using a 5-msec long-pulsed ruby laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 205-210

  Wimmershoff, Monika Beatrix ^a   Scherer, Kathrin ^a   Lorenz, Susanne ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAIR COLOR; HAIR GROWTH; HIRSUTISM; HUMAN; HYPERTRICHOSIS; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN;

EID: 0034101831     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2000.09217.x     Document Type: Article

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