Treatment of argyria after colloidal silver ingestion using Q-switched 1,064-nm Nd:YAG laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1427-1430

  Rhee, Do Young ^a   Chang, Sung Eun ^a   Lee, Mi Woo ^a   Choi, Jee Ho ^a   Moon, Kee Chan ^a   Koh, Jai Kyoung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

AGED; ARGYRIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; SKIN DISCOLORATION;

AGED; ARGYRIA; COLLOIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 53149126110     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34302.x     Document Type: Article

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