Laser therapy for leg veins

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 454-461

  Kunishige, Joy H ^a   Goldberg, Leonard H ^b   Friedman, Paul M ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston   (United States)

^b DERMSURGERY ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALEXANDRITE LASER; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; DIODE LASER; DYE LASER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; LASER; LEG VEIN; LONG PULSE DYE LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; ND:YAG LASER; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; POTASSIUM TITANYL PHOSPHATE LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; SCLEROTHERAPY; THERMAL INJURY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; LEG; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN; TELANGIECTASIS; VARICOSE VEINS;

EID: 34548594249     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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