Fractional photothermolysis: Treatment of facial and nonfacial cutaneous photodamage with a 1,550-nm erbium-doped fiber laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-28

  Wanner, Molly ^a   Tanzi, Elizabeth L ^a   Alster, Tina S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTOXICITY; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRINKLE;

ADULT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845974913     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33003.x     Document Type: Article

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