Comparison study of a traditional pulsed dye laser versus a long-pulsed dye laser in the treatment of early childhood hemangiomas

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 112-115

  Kono, Taro ^a   Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^a   Groff, William Frederick ^b   Chan, Henry H ^c   Takeuchi, Masaki ^a   Yamaki, Takashi ^a   Soejima, Kazutaka ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Naval Hospital Yokosuka   (Japan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hemangiomas; Long pulsed dye laser; Pulsed dye laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED DYE LASER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ATROPHY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645010259     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20257     Document Type: Article

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