Variable pulse frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser versus flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser in the treatment of port wine stains

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 210-213

  Lorenz, Susanne ^a   Scherer, Kathrin ^a   Wimmershoff, Monika Beatrix ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clearance; FPDL; PWS; Scarring; Side effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYE LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SCAR FORMATION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN;

EID: 0037902113     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00015550310007238     Document Type: Article

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