Effectiveness of the normal-mode ruby laser and the combined (normal-mode plus Q-switched) ruby laser in the treatment of congenital melanocytic nevi: A comparative study

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 476-485

  Kono, Taro ^a   Erçöçen, Ali Riza ^a   Chan, Henry H L ^a   Kikuchi, Yuji ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; MELANIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUNCH BIOPSY; REFLECTOMETRY; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 0036842007     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-200211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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