Evaluating the Efficacy of Treatment of Resistant Port-Wine Stains with Variable-Pulse 595-nm Pulsed Dye and 532-nm Nd:YAG Lasers

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 158-162

  Woo, Wai Kit ^a,b   Jasim, Zaid F ^a   Handley, Julian M ^a   Gladstone, Hayes B ^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; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542318589     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1076-0512.2003.30055.x     Document Type: Article

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