Treatment of melasma using variable square pulse Er: Yag laser resurfacing

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-482

  Wanitphakdeedecha, Rungsima ^a,c   Manuskiatti, Woraphong ^a   Siriphukpong, Sujittra ^a   Chen, T Minsue ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; MELANIN;

ARTICLE; CHLOASMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 62449124711     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01066.x     Document Type: Article

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