Tattoo removal

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-392

  Burris, Katy ^a   Kim, Karen ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLISTER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN INFECTION; SKIN SURGERY; TATTOO; THERMAL ANALYSIS; YAG LASER;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPIDERMIS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; SKIN; TATTOOING;

EID: 34547666867     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.05.011     Document Type: Article

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