Introduction of the flash-lamp pulsed-dye laser treatment of facial port-wine stains in childhood: A case of health care technology assessment

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 182-189

  De Borgie, C A J M ^a   Bossuyt, P M M ^a   Van Der Horst, C M A M ^a   Van Gemert, M J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; Flash lamp pulsed dye laser; Port wine stain

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FACE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL ETHICS; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PULSED DYE LASER; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035089991     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1037     Document Type: Article

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