Comparison of 585 and 595 nm laser-induced vascular response of normal in vivo human skin

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 117-123

  Pikkula, Brian M ^a   Chang, David W ^b   Nelson, J Stuart ^c   Anvari, Bahman ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathochromic shift; Blood coagulation; Laser therapy; Methemoglobin; Port wine stain; Purpura; Selective photothermolysis

Indexed keywords

METHEMOGLOBIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BLOOD VESSELS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; PORT-WINE STAIN; RADIATION INJURIES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN;

EID: 14644431871     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20147     Document Type: Article

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