Laser therapy for vascular lesions

Photodermatology

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 143-145

  Stratigos, Alexander J ^a   Dover, Jeffrey S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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