Noninvasive in vivo assessment of vessel characteristics in capillary vascular malformations exposed to five pulsed dye laser treatments

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1245-1252

  Sivarajan, Vivek ^a,b   Mackay, Iain R ^a,b  

^a Glasgow Royal Infirmary ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CAPILLARY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 16844364419     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000156776.03772.FB     Document Type: Article

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