Pulsed dye laser double-pass treatment of patients with resistant capillary malformations

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 487-492

  Rajaratnam, Ratna ^a,b   Laughlin, Sharyn A ^a,b   Dudley, Denis ^a  

^a Laserderm   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

595 nm; Port wine stain; Pulsed dye laser; Treatment resistance; V beam

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE PASS TECHNIQUE; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEODYMIUM LASER; NEVUS FLAMMEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; PURPURA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, DYE; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORT-WINE STAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051600751     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: 1435604X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-011-0913-2     Document Type: Article

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