532-nm Nd:YAG and 595-nm Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment of Leg Telangiectasia Using Ultralong Pulse Duration

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1176-1180

  Woo, Wai Kit ^a,b   Jasim, Zaid F ^a   Handley, Julian M ^a   Sadick, Neil S ^c  

^a ULSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOSURGERY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LEG VEIN; NEODYMIUM LASER; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCAR FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; NEODYMIUM; TELANGIECTASIS; TIME FACTORS; YTTRIUM;

EID: 0348147680     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2003.29383.x     Document Type: Article

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