Laser treatment of vascular lesions

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-15

  Railan, Divya ^a   Parlette, Eric C ^b   Uebelhoer, Nathan S ^c   Rohrer, Thomas E ^c,d  

^a Laser and Skin Surgery Center   (United States)

^b US Naval Hospital   (Japan)

^c SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SAFETY; LIGHT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; ROSACEA; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TELANGIECTASIA; VASCULAR LESION; YAG LASER;

EID: 30944440665     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2005.10.026     Document Type: Review

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