Outcomes of 532 nm frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser use in the treatment of port-wine stains

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 509-517

  Pençe, Buket ^a   Aybey, Bekir ^b   Ergenekon, Gönül ^b  

^a International Hospital Istanbul   (Turkey)

^b FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20844446607     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042728-200505000-00003     Document Type: Article

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