Lasers in dermatology: Unapproved treatments

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 700-714

  Lewis, Alan T ^a,b   Benedetto, Anthony V ^a,b,c  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b HAHNEMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACNE; CELLULITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; HAILEY HAILEY DISEASE; HUMAN; KERATOSIS; KERATOSIS PILARIS SPINULOSA DECALVANS; KIMURA DISEASE; LEUKODERMA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PILONIDAL SINUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBAE; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN GRANULOMA; SKIN SCAR; STRIA; TATTOOING; VASCULAR LESION; VERRUCA VULGARIS; VITILIGO;

EID: 0036863013     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(02)00292-4     Document Type: Article

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