Outcomes of childhood hemangiomas treated with the pulsed-dye laser with dynamic cooling: A retrospective chart analysis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1947-1954

  Rizzo, Carina ^a   Brightman, Lori ^a   Chapas, Anne M ^a   Hale, Elizabeth K ^a   Cantatore Francis, Julie L ^a   Bernstein, Leonard J ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THICKNESS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72349083777     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2009.01356.x     Document Type: Article

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