Sturge-Weber syndrome and dermatomal facial port-wine stains: Incidence, association with glaucoma, and pulsed tunable dye laser treatment effectiveness

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1173-1180

  Hennedige, Anusha A ^a   Quaba, Awf A ^a,b   Al Nakib, Khalil ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Plastic Surgery   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATOME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; DYE LASER; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LASERS, DYE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STURGE-WEBER SYNDROME;

EID: 42949156739     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000304606.33897.71     Document Type: Article

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