Treatment of reticular leg veins with a 1064 nm long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 76-81

  Omura, Nayomi E ^a   Dover, Jeffrey S ^a   Arndt, Kenneth A ^a,b   Kauvar, Arielle N B ^a   Maislin, Greg ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG THROMBOSIS; LEG VEIN; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037236018     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2003.38     Document Type: Article

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