Treatment of an amalgam tattoo with a Q-switched alexandrite (755 nm) laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1180-1181

  Shah, Geeta ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL FEATURE; GINGIVA; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATTOO; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DENTAL AMALGAM; GINGIVAL DISEASES; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; TATTOOING;

EID: 0036951199     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.2002.02121.x     Document Type: Article

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