Advances in lasers for skin of color

Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 347-351

  Woolery Lloyd, Heather ^a   Elsaie, Mohamed L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 58149483781     PISSN: 10413766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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