Analysis of 602 Chinese cases of Nevus of Ota and the treatment results treated by Q-switched alexandrite laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 455-460

  Wang, Hong Wei ^a,b   Liu, Yue Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Gang Kui ^a,b   Jin, Hong Zhong ^a,b   Zuo, Ya Gang ^a,b   Jiang, Guo Tiao ^a,b   Wang, Jia Bi ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Great Wall Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHLOASMA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; OTA NEVUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q SWITCHED ALEXANDRITE LASER; SAMPLE SIZE; TELEPHONE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITILIGO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS OF OTA; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34147121141     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33093.x     Document Type: Article

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