Side effects and complications of variable-pulsed erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser skin resurfacing: Extended experience with 50 patients: Discussion

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1530-1532

  Kenkel, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPIGMENTATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; HEATING; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN RESURFACING SURGERY; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0037375756     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000049632.54344.D1     Document Type: Note

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