The assessment of port wine stains in children following multiple pulsed-dye laser treatments

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 426-430

  Naran, Sanjay ^a   Gilmore, John ^a   Deleyiannis, Frederic W B ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Scaife Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple treatments; Objective assessment; PDL; Port wine stains; Pulsed dye laser; PWS

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EVALUATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PARENT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED DYE LASER; SKIN COLOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT; LASERS, DYE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PORT-WINE STAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41149177086     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3180959e74     Document Type: Article

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