Condition known as "dark rings under the eyes" in the Japanese population is a kind of dermal melanocytosis which can be successfully treated by Q-switched ruby laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 785-789

  Watanabe, Shinichi ^a   Nakai, Kenji ^a   Ohnishi, Takamitsu ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; SILVER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; MELANOCYTOSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWITCHED RUBY LASER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SILVER STAINING; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MELANOSIS; ORBIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744924223     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32161.x     Document Type: Article

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