Current and Future Trends in Home Laser Devices

Seminars in Cutaneous Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-300

  Hodson, Darryl Shaw ^a  

^a WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR LOSS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LASER; LIGHT; PATIENT SAFETY; PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBAE;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; DEVICE APPROVAL; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; SELF ADMINISTRATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149488908     PISSN: 10855629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sder.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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