A direct comparison of pulsed dye, alexandrite, KTP and Nd:YAG lasers and IPL in patients with previously treated capillary malformations

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 390-398

  McGill, David J ^a,c   MacLaren, William ^b   Mackay, Iain R ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Port wine stains; Videomicroscopy

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALEXANDRITE LASER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LIGHT; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN CAPILLARY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; YAG LASER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAPILLARIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN DISEASES, VASCULAR; SKIN TESTS; TELANGIECTASIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249107421     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20638     Document Type: Article

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