Treatment of port-wine stains with the 595-nm pulsed dye laser: A pilot study in Chinese patients

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 646-649

  Liu, H ^a   Dang, Y ^b   Chai, X ^a   Wang, Z ^a   Ma, L ^c   Ren, Q ^a,d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b East China Teacher's University ^*  (China)

^c Laser Centre   (China)

^d Biology Building 2 ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LIMB; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SAFETY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ERYTHEMA; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAIN; PILOT PROJECTS; PORT-WINE STAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35348997054     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2007.02517.x     Document Type: Article

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