Treatment of becker's nevi with a long-pulse alexandrite laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1105-1108

  Choi, Jae Eun ^a   Kim, Ji Woong ^a   Seo, Soo Hong ^a   Son, Sang Wook ^a   Ahn, Hyo Hyun ^a   Kye, Young Chul ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BECKER NEVUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER; LONG PULSE ALEXANDRITE LASER; MALE; NEVUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650708724     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01195.x     Document Type: Article

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