Description and analysis of treatments for port-wine stain birthmarks

Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 287-294

  Kelly, Kristen M ^a,b   Choi, Bernard ^a   McFarlane, Samantha ^b   Motosue, Alison ^b   Jung, Byungjo ^a,d   Khan, Misbah H ^a   Ramirez San Juan, Julio C ^a,e   Nelson, J Stuart ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ASTROFÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; ESTHETICS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644693768     PISSN: 15212491     EISSN: 15383660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfaci.7.5.287     Document Type: Review

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