Congenital naevi treated with erbium:YAG laser (Derma K) resurfacing in neonates: Clinical results and review of the literature

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 889-895

  Ostertag, J U ^a   Quaedvlieg, P J F ^a   Kerckhoffs, F E M J ^a   Vermeulen, A H M ^a   Bertleff, M J O E ^b   Venema, A W ^b   Van Der Geer, S ^c   Krekels, G A M ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Congenital naevi; Erbium:YAG laser treatment; Neonates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DISEASE COURSE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE SIZE; SCAR FORMATION; TISSUE SECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645814670     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2005.07106.x     Document Type: Article

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