Treatment of melanocytic nevi

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-226

  Suzuki, Harue ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^b  

^a Suzuki Plastic Surgery Clinic   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

IPL; Laser; Nevi; Pigmented lesions

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; HYDROQUINONE; RETINOID; SUNSCREEN; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

BLUE NEVUS; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CANCER RISK; CHLOASMA; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DYSPLASTIC NEVUS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; IONTOPHORESIS; LENTIGO; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOMA; OTA NEVUS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PHOTOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28444478407     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8019.2005.05021.x     Document Type: Review

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