Use of Q-switched ruby laser in the treatment of nevus of Ota in different age groups

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 391-395

  Kono, Taro ^a   Chan, Henry H L ^c   Eroçöçen, Ali Riza ^a,b   Kikuchi, Yuji ^a   Uezono, Shoichi ^a   Iwasaka, Susumu ^a   Isago, Tsukasa ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Different age groups; Nevus of Ota; Q switched ruby laser

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; KETAMINE; LIDOCAINE; PARACETAMOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS; OTA NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWITCHED RUBY LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEVUS OF OTA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037594153     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10171     Document Type: Article

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