Laser treatment of leg veins

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 184-192

  Kauvar, Arielle N B ^a,b   Khrom, Tatiana ^c  

^a New York Laser and Skin Care   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRITE LASER; BLOOD; COOLING; DIODE LASER; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; LEG VARICOSIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PURPURA; REVIEW; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN; TISSUE INTERACTION;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 29444444129     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2005.10.003     Document Type: Review

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