Er:YAG Lasers

Principles and Practices in Cutaneous Laser Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-197

  Hohenleutner, Ulrich ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

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