Effect of Q-switched Alexandrite laser irradiation on epidermal melanocytes in treatment of Nevus of Ota

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 597-601

  Lu, Zhong ^a   Chen, Junpang ^a   Wang, Xiasheng ^a   Fang, Lihua ^a   Jiao, Sheng ^a   Huang, Wen ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Laser; Light microscopy; Melanocyte; Nevus of Ota

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SWELLING; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DERMIS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPIDERMIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; MELANOCYTE; MELANOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; OTA NEVUS; SKIN BIOPSY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BERYLLIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEVUS OF OTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0037605998     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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