Evaluation of the long pulsed high fluence alexandrite laser therapy of leg telangiectasia

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 359-362

  Brunnberg, Stephanie ^a   Lorenz, Susanne ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Larger leg veins; Long pulsed alexandrite laser; Safety

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LEG DISEASE; LEG VEIN; LONG PULSED HIGH FLUENCE ALEXANDRITE LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TELANGIECTASIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036913234     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10117     Document Type: Article

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