Treatment of port wine stains with intense pulsed light: A prospective study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 887-891

  Ho, Wai Sun ^a   Ying, Shun Yuen ^a   Chan, Pik Chu ^a   Chan, Henry H L ^b   Dover, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Queen Mary Hospital ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 2942683785     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30260.x     Document Type: Article

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