Comparison study of a long-pulse pulsed dye laser and a long-pulse pulsed alexandrite laser in the treatment of port wine stains

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-15

  Li, Li ^a   Kono, Taro ^a   Groff, William Frederick ^b   Chan, Henry H ^c,d   Kitazawa, Yoshihiko ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Long pulse pulsed alexandrite laser; Long pulse pulsed dye laser; Port wine stains

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCAR; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INFANT; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN;

EID: 40549123667     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: 14764180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14764170701817023     Document Type: Article

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