Intense pulsed light for the treatment of lentigines in LEOPARD syndrome

British Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 607-610

  Kontoes, P P ^a   Vlachos, S P ^a   Marayiannis, K V ^a  

^a Laserlight Clinic   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intense pulsed light; Laser; LEOPARD syndrome; Pigmented lesions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETICS; FACE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LENTIGINOSIS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042882669     PISSN: 00071226     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0007-1226(03)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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