Recent developments in lasers and the treatment of birthmarks

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 372-374

  Waner, M ^a  

^a ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; BLOOD VESSEL PERFORATION; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CONGENITAL NEVUS; COOLING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOSOME; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; OTA NEVUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN SURFACE; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; PORT-WINE STAIN;

EID: 0038672035     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.88.5.372     Document Type: Editorial

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