Effects of thermal conducting media on the skin surface during laser irradiation

Laryngoscope

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 575-584

  Ries, William Russell ^a   Speyer, Matthew T ^a   Reinisch, Lou ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diamond; Laser; Port wine stain; Sapphire; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; GLASS; METAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RABBIT; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; VASCULAR LESION;

EID: 0034128701     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200004000-00009     Document Type: Article

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