Treatment of poikiloderma of Civatte with the pulsed dye laser: A series of patients with severe depigmentation

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1248-1251

  Meijs, M M ^a   Blok, F A A ^a   De Rie, M A ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depigmentation; Poikiloderma of Civatte; Pulsed dye laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPIGMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN PIGMENTATION;

EID: 33750377005     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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