Redarkening of port-wine stains 10 years after pulsed-dye-laser treatment

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 356, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1235-1240

  Huikeshoven, Menno ^a,b   Koster, Petra H L ^a   De Borgie, Corianne A J M ^a   Beek, Johan F ^a   Van Gemert, Martin J C ^a   Van Der Horst, Chantal M A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN COLOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947512391     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa064329     Document Type: Article

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