Use of the KTP Laser in the Treatment of Rosacea and Solar Lentigines

Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 77-83

  Bassichis, Benjamin A ^b   Swamy, Ravi ^c   Dayan, Steven H ^a,d  

^a Veterans Administration Hospital ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Potassium titanyl phosphate laser; Rosacea; Solar lentigines

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL AGENT;

CHROMATOPHORE; EPIDERMIS; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER; LENTIGO; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; REVIEW; ROSACEA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LASER COAGULATION; LENTIGO; PHOSPHATES; ROSACEA; SUNLIGHT; TITANIUM;

EID: 1842611735     PISSN: 07366825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-822963     Document Type: Review

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