A giant melanocytic nevus treated with combined use of normal mode ruby laser and Q-switched alexandrite laser

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 538-542

  Kono, Taro ^a   Ercocen, Ali Riza ^b   Kikuchi, Yuji ^a   Isago, Tsukasa ^a   Honda, Takashi ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Giant congenital melanocytic nevi; Normal mode ruby laser; Q switched alexandrite laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; NORMAL MODE RUBY LASER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; Q SWITCHED ALEXANDRITE LASER; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; SKIN COLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042093601     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2003.tb00429.x     Document Type: Article

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