Treatment of hypertrophic and resistant port wine stains with a 755nm laser: A case series of 20 patients

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 427-432

  Izikson, Leonid ^a   Nelson, J Stuart ^b   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1,064nm; 595 nm; 755 nm; Alexandrite; Endpoint; Laser; Nd:YAG; PDL; Port wine stain; Resistant; Treatment

Indexed keywords

DEOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PENETRATION; STURGE WEBER SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; INFANT; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650544222     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20793     Document Type: Article

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