Laser therapy on darker ethnic skin

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-723

  Battle Jr , Eliot F ^a,b   Hobbs, Lori M ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Cultura Medical Spa   (United States)

^c CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHNIC GROUP; HAIR FOLLICLE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; LASER; LASER SURGERY; LEG; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURGERY; TATTOO; TELANGIECTASIA; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0347477997     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0733-8635(03)00086-X     Document Type: Review

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