Use of a long-pulse alexandrite laser in the treatment of superficial pigmented lesions

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1477-1482

  Trafeli, John Paul ^a,c   Kwan, Julia M ^a   Meehan, Kenneth J ^a   Domankevitz, Yacov ^b   Gilbert, Sandra ^a   Malomo, Kenneth ^b   Ross, Edward Victor ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Candela Laser Corporation   (United States)

^c LAC+USC Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LASER; LENTIGO; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE WAVE; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENTIGO; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 36749097925     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33319.x     Document Type: Article

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