Flashlamp pulsed dye laser and argon-pumped dye laser in the treatment of port-wine stains: A clinical and histological comparison

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-289

  Edström, Desiree Wiegleb ^a   Hedblad, M A ^a   Ros, A M ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Argon pumped dye laser; CD34; Flashlamp pulsed dye laser; Lightening

Indexed keywords

ARGON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYE LASER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN ATROPHY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036207737     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2002.04470.x     Document Type: Article

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