Long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser treatment of venous lakes: Report of a series of 34 cases

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1151-1154

  Bekhor, Philip S ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLIDOCANOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN NODULE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VEIN LAKE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 33748526474     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32253.x     Document Type: Article

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