Selectivity of photothermolysis in the treatment of port wine stains using multiple pulses with a pulsed dye laser;Selectividad de la fototermólisis en el tratamiento de las manchas en vino de oporto mediante múltiples pulsos de láser de colorante pulsado

Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 546-554

  Aldanondo Fernandez De La Mora, Isabel ^a,b   Boixeda, P ^a   Fernandez Lorente M ^a   Marquet, A ^a   Calvo, M ^a   Jaen P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Capillary malformation; Multiple pulses; Nevus flammeus; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; PULSED DYE LASER; SAFETY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 51849161565     PISSN: 00017310     EISSN: 15782190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-7310(08)74740-9     Document Type: Article

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