New technique using combined pulsed dye laser and fractional resurfacing for treating facial angiofibromas in tuberous sclerosis

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 357-360

  Weiss, Elliot T ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiofibromatosis; Pulsed dye; Resurfacing

Indexed keywords

ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL RESURFACING; ACNE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHEEK; CHIN; ELECTROSURGERY; ERYTHEMA; EYELID; FACIAL ANGIOFIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NOSE; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN EXAMINATION; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOFIBROMA; FACIAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, DYE; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 77954403911     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20939     Document Type: Article

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