Treatment of Exogenous Ochronosis with a Q-Switched Alexandrite (755 nm) Laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 555-558

  Bellew, Supriya G ^a   Alster, Tina S ^b  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER; MALE; OCHRONOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWITCHED ALEXANDRITE LASER; SCAR FORMATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BERYLLIUM; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINERALS; OCHRONOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1942466593     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30177.x     Document Type: Article

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