Treatment of acquired bilateral nevus of ota-like macules (Hori's Nevus) with a combination of the 532 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser followed by the 1,064 nm Q-switched Nd:YAG is more effective: Prospective study

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Leong Ee, Hock ^a   Leok Goh, Chee ^a   Khoo, ^a   Chan, Es Y ^c   Ang, Por ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b Dermatology Associates   (Singapore)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMLA; HYDROQUINONE; MELANIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUNSCREEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HORI NEVUS; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFLAMMATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; OTA NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33645990897     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32004.x     Document Type: Article

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