Early serial Q-switched ruby laser therapy for medium-sized to giant congenital melanocytic naevi

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-352

  Kishi, K ^a   Okabe, K ^a   Ninomiya, R ^a   Konno, E ^a   Hattori, N ^a   Katsube, K ^a   Imanish, N ^b   Nakajima, H ^a   Nakajima, T ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early; Giant congenital melanocytic naevi; Infant; Q switched ruby laser; Serial

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ESTHETICS; EVALUATION; FACE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PIGMENTED NEVUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN TUMOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ESTHETICS; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; MALE; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 73349108457     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09153.x     Document Type: Article

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