Treatment of 153 Japanese patients with Q-switched alexandrite laser

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-163

  Kagami, Shinji ^a   Asahina, Akihiko ^b   Watanabe, Rei ^a   Mimura, Yoshihiro ^a   Shirai, Akira ^a   Hattori, Naoko ^a   Watanabe, Takahiro ^a   Tamaki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b SAGAMIHARA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexandrite; Lasers; Lentigo; Mongolian spot; Nevus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CHILD; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONGOLIAN SPOT; OTA NEVUS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BERYLLIUM; CAFE-AU-LAIT SPOTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MONGOLIAN SPOT; NEVUS OF OTA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34547732372     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0436-4     Document Type: Article

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