The treatment of port-wine stains with the pulsed-dye laser at 2-week and 6-week intervals: A comparative study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 676-679

  Tomson, N ^a   Lim, S P R ^a   Abdullah, A ^a   Lanigan, S W ^a  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Port wine stains; Pulsed dye laser; Treatment intervals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFLECTOMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

ADULT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; LASERS; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644865676     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07113.x     Document Type: Article

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