Hair removal by lasers and intense pulsed light sources

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 135-146

  Dierickx, Christine C ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOPHORE; COOLING; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIODE LASER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0036161030     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(03)00052-4     Document Type: Review

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