Comparison and Sequential Study of Long Pulsed Nd:YAG 1,064 nm Laser and Sclerotherapy in Leg Telangiectasias Treatment

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-276

  Levy, Jean Luc ^a   Elbahr, Chantal ^a   Jouve, Elisabeth ^b   Mordon, Serge ^c  

^a Centre Laser Dermatologique   (France)

^b TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Leg telangiectasia; Long pulsed Nd:YAG 1,064 nm laser; Sclerotherapy

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEDMAN TEST; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LEG; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCLEROTHERAPY; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCLEROSING SOLUTIONS; SCLEROTHERAPY; TELANGIECTASIS;

EID: 1842586600     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20010     Document Type: Article

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