Combined 595-nm and 1,064-nm laser irradiation of recalcitrant and hypertrophic port-wine stains in children and adults

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 914-919

  Alster, Tina S ^a,b   Tanzi, Elizabeth L ^b  

^a Washington Institute of Dermatologic Laser Surgery ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON INSTITUTE OF DERMATOLOGIC LASER SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLEARANCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEODYMIN DOPED YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURPURA; RADIATION DOSE; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN PIGMENTATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 66449101434     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01155.x     Document Type: Article

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