Long-Pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG Laser-Assisted Hair Removal in All Skin Types

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-17

  Tanzi, Elizabeth L ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HAIR; HUMAN; LASER; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PAIN; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0842268368     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30007.x     Document Type: Article

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