Basics of laser application to dermatology

Archives of Dermatological Research

Volumn 300, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Watanabe, Shinichi ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Melasma; Nevus of Ota; Photoablation; Postinflammatory pigmentation; Q switched laser; Selective photothermolysis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED CIRCUMSCRIBED DERMAL FACIAL MELANOCYTOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CAFE AU LAIT SPOT; CHLOASMA; CHROMATOPHORE; CONGENITAL NEVUS; DERMATOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; DERMATOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDERMIS; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INCONTINENTIA PIGMENTI HISTOLOGICA; KERATOSIS; LENTIGO; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MELANOCYTIC NEVUS; MELANOCYTOSIS; OTA NEVUS; PHOTOABLATION; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; PIGMENTED SEBORRHEIC KERATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL DISORDER; SKIN HEMANGIOMA; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN REJUVENATION; TATTOO; THERMAL INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MELANOSIS; NEVUS OF OTA; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS;

EID: 43349107628     PISSN: 03403696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00403-007-0801-6     Document Type: Review

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