Granuloma annulare successfully treated using fractional photothermolysis with a 1,550-nm erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet fractionated laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 712-715

  Liu, Austin ^a   Hexsel, Camile L ^a   Moy, Ronald L ^b   Ozog, David M ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

ABDOMINAL DISEASE; ADULT; ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; PAPULE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN EXAMINATION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

GRANULOMA ANNULARE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79955458159     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.01979.x     Document Type: Article

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