Laser removal of pigmented and vascular lesions

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-209

  Goldberg, David J ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lasers; Pigmented lesions; Vascular lesions

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEMOGLOBIN; KRYPTON; MELANIN; OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BECKER NEVUS; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHLOASMA; CHROMATOPHORE; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FLUSHING; GOLD STANDARD; HEMANGIOMA; HEREDITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENTIGINOSIS; LENTIGO; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOCYTE; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOSOME; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; NONHUMAN; OTA NEVUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PIGMENT DISORDER; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; RECURRENT DISEASE; RED LIGHT; RELAXATION TIME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSACEA; SCLEROTHERAPY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN PENETRATION; SPIDER VEIN; SPINDLE CELL; SUN EXPOSURE; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN MALFORMATION;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR;

EID: 33748174230     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2006.00252.x     Document Type: Review

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