A method for pulsed carbon dioxide laser treatment of epidermal nevi

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 554-556

  Alam, Murad ^a   Arndt, Kenneth A ^a,b,c  

^a SKINCARE PHYSICIANS   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CASE REPORT; CRYOSURGERY; ELECTROSURGERY; EXCISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEVUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABRASION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036553465     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120628     Document Type: Article

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