Titanium, a major constituent of blue ink, causes resistance to Nd-YAG (1064 nm) laser: Results of animal experiments

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-113

  Kim, Jea Wook ^a   Lee, Jae Wook ^a   Won, Young Ho ^a   Kim, Jin Hyeok ^b   Lee, Seung Chul ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blue tattoo; Nd YAG; Titanium

Indexed keywords

INK; TITANIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SPECTROMETRY; TATTOOING; YAG LASER;

ANIMALS; INK; LASERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RABBITS; SKIN; TATTOOING; TITANIUM;

EID: 33745772809     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0014     Document Type: Article

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